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registered in this State, with or without a simultaneous request | | for enforcement, by sending to the appropriate court in this State: |
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| | | A.__A letter or other document requesting registration; |
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| | | B.__Two copies, including one certified copy, of the | | determination sought to be registered and a statement under | | penalty of perjury that to the best of the knowledge and | | belief of the person seeking registration the order has not | | been modified; and |
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| | | C.__Except as otherwise provided in section 1753, the name | | and address of the person seeking registration and any | | parent or person acting as a parent who has been awarded | | custody or visitation in the child custody determination | | sought to be registered. |
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| | | 2.__Filing and notice.__On receipt of the documents required | | by subsection 1, the registering tribunal shall: |
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| | | A.__Cause the determination to be filed as a foreign | | judgment, together with one copy of any accompanying | | documents and information, regardless of their form; and |
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| | | B.__Serve notice upon the persons named pursuant to | | subsection 1, paragraph C and provide them with an | | opportunity to contest the registration in accordance with | | this section. |
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| | | 3.__Information in notice.__The notice required by subsection | | 2, paragraph B must state that: |
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| | | A.__A registered determination is enforceable as of the date | | of the registration in the same manner as a determination | | issued by a court of this State; |
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| | | B.__A hearing to contest the validity of the registered | | determination must be requested within 20 days after service | | of notice; and |
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| | | C.__Failure to contest the registration will result in | | confirmation of the child custody determination and preclude | | further contest of that determination with respect to any | | matter that could have been asserted. |
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| | | 4.__Hearing to contest.__A person seeking to contest the | | validity of a registered order must request a hearing within 20 | | days after service of the notice.__At that hearing, the court |
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