ARTICLE
7.  DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE



 



[§576B-701]  Proceeding to determine
parentage.  (a)  A tribunal of this State may serve as an initiating or
responding tribunal in a proceeding brought under this chapter or a law or
procedure substantially similar to this chapter, the Uniform Reciprocal
Enforcement of Support Act, or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of
Support Act to determine that the petitioner is a parent of a particular child
or to determine that a respondent is a parent of that child.



(b)  In a proceeding to determine parentage, a
responding tribunal of this State shall apply chapter 584 and the rules of this
State on choice of law. [L 1997, c 295, pt of §1]