Section 518.612 Independence of Provisions of Decree or Temporary Order - Minnesota Statutes

518.612 INDEPENDENCE OF PROVISIONS OF DECREE OR TEMPORARY ORDER.

Failure by a party to make support payments is not a defense to:

(1) interference with parenting time; or

(2) without the permission of the court or the other parent, removing a child from this state.

Interference with parenting time or taking a child from this state without permission of the court or the other parent is not a defense to nonpayment of support. If a party fails to make support payments, interferes with parenting time, or removes a child from the state without permission of the court or the other parent, the other party may petition the court for an appropriate order.

History:

1978 c 772 s 56; 1979 c 259 s 29; 2000 c 444 art 2 s 38; 2001 c 51 s 15