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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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