Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

518C.613 JURISDICTION TO MODIFY SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE WHEN INDIVIDUAL PARTIES RESIDE IN THIS STATE. (a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this state has jurisdiction to enforce…

518C.614 NOTICE TO ISSUING TRIBUNAL OF MODIFICATION. Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earli…

518C.615 JURISDICTION TO MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF FOREIGN COUNTRY. (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 518C.711, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this state may assume…

518C.616 PROCEDURE TO REGISTER CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF FOREIGN COUNTRY FOR MODIFICATION. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child support order not under the convention may register that order in this state under sections 5…

518C.701 DEFINITIONS. In sections 518C.701 to 518C.713: (a) "Application" means a request under the convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority. (b) "Central authority" means the enti…

518C.702 APPLICABILITY. Sections 518C.701 to 518C.713 apply only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of sections 518C.701 to 518C.713 is inconsistent with sections 518C.101 to 518C.616, sections 518C.701 to 518C.713 control. History:…

518C.703 RELATIONSHIP OF DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES TO UNITED STATES CENTRAL AUTHORITY. The Department of Children, Youth, and Families of this state is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under…

518C.704 INITIATION BY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES OF SUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION. (a) In a support proceeding under sections 518C.701 to 518C.713, the Department of Human Services of this state shall: (1) transmit and receive applications; and (2) initiat…

518C.705 DIRECT REQUEST. (a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies. (b) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition …

518C.706 REGISTRATION OF CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER. (a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 518C.701 to 518C.713, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a convention support order shall register the order in this state as provided …

518C.707 CONTEST OF REGISTERED CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER. (a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 518C.701 to 518C.713, sections 518C.605 to 518C.608 apply to a contest of a registered convention support order. (b) A party contesting a registered convention support order shal…

518C.708 RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF REGISTERED CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER. (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a registered convention support order. (b) The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tr…

518C.709 PARTIAL ENFORCEMENT. If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and enforce a convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order. An application or direct request may seek recognition and partial enforcement of a convention sup…

518C.710 FOREIGN SUPPORT AGREEMENT. (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (c) and (d), a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this state. (b) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a for…

518C.711 MODIFICATION OF CONVENTION CHILD SUPPORT ORDER. (a) A tribunal of this state may not modify a convention child support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless: (1) the obligee submits to the jurisdiction of…

518C.712 PERSONAL INFORMATION; LIMIT ON USE. Personal information gathered or transmitted under sections 518C.701 to 518C.713 may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted. History: 2014 c 189 s 66,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119

518C.713 RECORD IN ORIGINAL LANGUAGE; ENGLISH TRANSLATION. A record filed with a tribunal of this state under sections 518C.701 to 518C.713 must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation. History: 2014 c 189 s 67,73; 2015 c …

518C.801 GROUNDS FOR RENDITION. (a) For purposes of this section and section 518C.802, "governor" includes an individual performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this chapter. (b) The governor of this state may: (1) demand that the gov…

518C.802 CONDITIONS OF RENDITION. (a) Before making demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in this state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the governor of this state may require a prosecutor of this state to…

518C.901 UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION. This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it. History: 1994 c 630 art 9 s 1

518C.902 TRANSITIONAL PROVISION. This chapter applies to proceedings begun on or after July 1, 2015, to establish a support order or determine parentage of a child or to register, recognize, enforce, or modify a prior support order, determination, or agreement, whenever issued or…

518C.905 SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act." History: 2014 c 189 s 70,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119