Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act

Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act

The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act is an act that was drafted by a commission set up to make the laws of every state be compatible with the laws of the other states. The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act was drafted in 1997, and has been made law by many of the states in the nation including Georgia. This Act is in force in Harris County, GA.

The Act grants jurisdiction over child custody proceedings to the courts in the home state of the child. The home state of the child, according to the 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 decide how child custody cases will find their way into court proceedings. In situations where there is a question regarding where the custody proceedings should take place, the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act provides a specific formula for deciding which state has jurisdiction. In addition, the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act provides rules for how jurisdiction might change, like where 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 Act also contains an emergency order provision in situations where the child is in danger, a state that is not the home state can grant a temporary order.