Terms Used In Idaho Code 32-11-405

  • 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.
A motion or other request for relief made in a child custody proceeding or to enforce a child custody determination which was commenced before the effective date of this chapter as the uniform child custody jurisdiction and enforcement act is governed by the law in effect at the time the motion or other request was made.