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     518A.15 Filing and enforcement of custody decree of 
  another state. 


    Subdivision 1.  A certified copy of a custody decree of 
 another state may be filed in the office of the court 
 administrator of any court of this state having jurisdiction of 
 child custody matters.  The court administrator shall treat the 
 decree in the same manner as a custody decree of the court of 
 this state.  A custody decree so filed has the same effect and 
 shall be enforced in like manner as a custody decree rendered by 
 a court of this state. 


    Subd. 2.  A person violating a custody decree of another 
 state which makes it necessary to enforce the decree in this 
 state may be required to pay necessary travel and other 
 expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred by the party 
 entitled to the custody or to the entitled party's witnesses. 


    HIST: 1977 c 8 s 15; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82

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