Section 546-B:53 Proceeding to Determine Parentage.
I. A tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating or responding tribunal in a proceeding brought under this chapter or a law 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.
II. In a proceeding to determine parentage, a responding tribunal of this state shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state, and the rules of this state on choice of law.
Source. 1997, 263:32, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.