§ 19-A §1765 — Registration of child custody determination

1.
Registration procedure.
A child custody determination issued by a court of another state may be registered in this State, with or without a simultaneous request for enforcement, by sending to the appropriate court in this State:
2.
Filing and notice.
On receipt of the documents required by subsection 1, the registering tribunal shall:
3.
Information in notice.
The notice required by subsection 2, paragraph B must state that:
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 shall confirm the registered order unless the person contesting registration establishes that:
5.
Confirmation of registration.
If a timely request for a hearing to contest the validity of the registration is not made, the registration is confirmed as a matter of law and the person requesting registration and all persons served must be notified of the confirmation.
6.
Further contest precluded.
Confirmation of a registered order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration.

Legislative History

PL 1999, c. 486, §3 (NEW). PL 1999, c. 486, §6 (AFF). PL 2023, c. 532, §1 (AMD).