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The effect of a judicial record of a sister state, the District of Columbia or a territory of the United States is the same in this state as in the place where it was made, except:

(1) It can be enforced in this state only by an action, suit or proceeding; and

(2) The authority of a guardian, conservator, committee, executor or administrator does not extend beyond the jurisdiction of the government under which the guardian, conservator, committee, executor or administrator is invested with authority. [Amended by 1973 c.823 §90; 2005 c.22 §33]