1. A copy of a foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with an Act of Congress or the statutes of this state may be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of a county of this state which would have venue if the original action was being commenced in this state. The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the district court of this state. A judgment so filed has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses and proceedings for reopening, vacating, or staying as a judgment of the district court of this state and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.
2. In a proceeding to enforce a child support order, the law of this state shall apply except as follows:
a. In interpreting a child support order, a court shall apply the law of the state of the court that issued the order.
b. In an action to enforce a child support order, a court shall apply the statute of limitations of this state or the state of the court that issued the order, whichever statute provides the longer period of limitations.
[C81, § 626A.2]
96 Acts, ch 1141, § 32
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