Child Custody Flashcards
The UCCJEA says that a court has jurisdiction to initially enter or modify a child custody or visitation order if it is the…
home state of the child.
A child’s home state is the state where the child has lived with a paent for at least…
6 months.
If the child has not lived in any state consecutively for 6 months, jurisdiction is proper in the state that was….
the child’s home state 6 months ago.
The cout’s decision over custody ultimately comes down to….
the best interest of the child.
Couts may alter decrees for child custody if…
(1) there has been a change in circumstances since the most recent custody award; and
(2) a change in custody would be in the best interests of the child.
A state is required, as a matter of full faith and credit, to enforce and not modify….
child custody determinations made by other states.
Generally, there is a presumption that keeping a child in the custody of the biological parent is in the best interest of the child. To overcome that presumption…
the nonparent petitioner for custody must show that the biological parent is unfit.
