598A.16  Registry of out-of-state decrees.

The clerk of each district court shall maintain a registry in which shall be entered the following:

1.  Certified copies of custody decrees of other states received for filing.

2.  Communications as to the pendency of custody proceedings in other states.

3.  Communications concerning a finding of inconvenient forum by a court of another state.

4.  Other communications or documents concerning custody proceedings in another state which may affect the jurisdiction of a court of this state or the disposition to be made by it in a custody proceeding.

Section History: Early form

  [C79, 81, § 598A.16]

Internal References

  Referred to in § 598A.6

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