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LR 316
Item 1

 
registered in this State, with or without a simultaneous request
for enforcement, by sending to the appropriate court in this State:

 
A.__A letter or other document requesting registration;

 
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

 
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.

 
2.__Filing and notice.__On receipt of the documents required
by subsection 1, the registering tribunal shall:

 
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

 
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.

 
3.__Information in notice.__The notice required by subsection
2, paragraph B must state that:

 
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;

 
B.__A hearing to contest the validity of the registered
determination must be requested within 20 days after service
of notice; and

 
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.

 
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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