Sec. 3. Except as provided in section 4 of this chapter, an Indiana court may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless an Indiana court has
jurisdiction to make an initial determination under section 1(a)(1) or 1(a)(2) of this chapter and:
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 31-21-5-3
- 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) it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under section 2 of this chapter; or
(B) an Indiana court would be a more convenient forum under section 8 of this chapter; or
(2) an Indiana court or a court of the other state determines that:
(A) the child;
(B) the child’s parents; and
(C) any person acting as a parent;
do not presently reside in the other state.
As added by P.L.138-2007, SEC.45.
