Under existing law, a court exercising temporary jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) is required to explicitly provide that a child custody determination made under temporary emergency jurisdiction becomes a final determination. This bill would remove that provision and provide that, if no child custody proceeding has been commenced in a state having jurisdiction within six months after a child custody determination is made pursuant to the UCCJEA under temporary emergency jurisdiction, that child custody determination automatically becomes final.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 30-3B-204, 30-3B-204