A. A child custody determination issued by a court of another state may be registered in this Commonwealth, with or without a simultaneous request for enforcement, by sending to the appropriate juvenile and domestic relations district court in this Commonwealth:\n1. A letter or other document requesting registration;\n2. 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\n3. Except as otherwise provided in § 20-146.20, 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.\nB. On receipt of the documents required by subsection A, the registering court shall:\n1. 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\n2. Serve notice upon the persons named pursuant to subdivision A 3 and provide them with an opportunity to contest the py of any accompanying documents and information, regardless of their form; and\n2. Serve notice upon the persons named pursuant to subdivision A 3 and provide them with an opportunity to contest the registration in accordance with this section.\n1979, c. 229, § 20-139; 2001, c. 305.
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