Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act
The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act is an act 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 drafted in 1997, and has been made law by most of the states in the United States of America including Georgia. This Act is in force in Augusta, Georgia.
The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act grants jurisdiction over child custody proceedings to the courts in the home state of the child. The home state of the child, as per 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 sets in place specific methodologies and procedures that determine how child custody cases will find their way into court proceedings. In instances where there is a question concerning where the custody proceedings should take place, the Act provides a specific formula for determining which state has jurisdiction. Also, the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act establishes rules for how jurisdiction may change, such as if the child and his or her parent or parents have moved to another state. The Act prevents 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 cases when the child is in danger, a state that is not the home state can grant a temporary order.
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