Where you live affects child custody issues. FindLaw explains how courts decide where your case should be handled and how you can challenge the venue.

The UCCJEA is a set of uniform laws enacted by states to aid in clarification of jurisdiction in custody suits.

All states except for Massachusetts (and Puerto Rico) follow the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA). Under the UCCJEA, you can file ...

For a state to have jurisdiction over a child, it must be the state of the child's residency. For children, this state with residency is called the child's ...

18 окт. 2024 г. · Jurisdiction will lie in the child's home state, or in a state where the child has resided for the six months prior to the filing of the action.

The “Home State” of a child is the State in which a child has resided continuously for a period of six (6) months or more.

In order to analyze jurisdiction, it helps to separate custody cases into three types of situations: emergency cases; modification cases; and initial cases.

Before 1968, State courts throughout the United States could exer- cise jurisdiction over a child-custody case based on a child's presence in the State. Courts ...

The guide includes four components: (1) an overview of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and. Enforcement Act (the UCCJEA), a uniform state law that ...

The UCCJEA is a uniform state law regarding jurisdiction in child custody cases. It specifies which court should decide a custody case, not how the court should ...