California Family Code 3423 – Except as otherwise provided in Section 3424, a court of this state …
Except as otherwise provided in Section 3424, a court of this state may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 3421 and either of the following determinations is made:
(a) The court of the other state determines it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under Section 3422 or that a court of this state would be a more convenient forum under Section 3427.
Terms Used In California Family Code 3423
- Child: means an individual who has not attained 18 years of age. See California Family Code 3402
- Court: means an entity authorized under the law of a state to establish, enforce, or modify a child custody determination. See California Family Code 3402
- Initial determination: means the first child custody determination concerning a particular child. See California Family Code 3402
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, or government. See California Family Code 3402
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See California Family Code 3402
(b) A court of this state or a court of the other state determines that the child, the child’s parents, and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in the other state.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 867, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)