Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act

Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act

The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act is a law that was drafted by a commission that is dedicated to trying to make the laws of every state be compatible with the laws of the other states. The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act was written in 1997, and has been made law by a majority of the states in the country including Georgia. This Act is in force in Chattahoochee County, GA.

The Act gives jurisdiction over child custody cases to the courts in the home state of the child. The home state of the child, according to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, is the state that the child lived in with at least one of the parents for six months before child custody was granted. For children under six years old, this is the state that they have lived in since birth.

The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act establishes specific methodologies and procedures which determine how child custody cases will find their way into court proceedings. In cases where there is a question regarding where the custody proceedings should take place, the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act establishes a specific formula for determining which state has jurisdiction. Besides, the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act establishes rules for how jurisdiction may change, like if the child and his or her parent or parents have moved to another state. The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act prohibits other states from interfering in a child custody determination without the original state determining that they no longer should have jurisdiction.

The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act also has an emergency order provision in situations when the child is in danger, a state that is not the home state can make a temporary order.

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