Section 15-14.1-1. – Short title.

§ 15-14.1-1. Short title. This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.” History of Section.P.L. 2003, ch. 307, § 2; P.L. 2003, ch. 322, § 2.

Section 15-14.1-10. – Communication between courts.

§ 15-14.1-10. Communication between courts. (a) A court of this state may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under this chapter. (b) The court may allow the parties to participate in the communication. If the parties are not able to participate in the communication, they must be given the opportunity […]

Section 15-14.1-11. – Taking testimony in another state.

§ 15-14.1-11. Taking testimony in another state. (a) In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a child custody proceeding may offer testimony of witnesses who are located in another state, including testimony of the parties and the child, by deposition or other means allowable in this state for testimony taken […]

Section 15-14.1-12. – Cooperation between courts — Preservation of records.

§ 15-14.1-12. Cooperation between courts — Preservation of records. (a) A court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to: (1) Hold an evidentiary hearing; (2) Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state; (3) Order that an evaluation be made with respect to the […]

Section 15-14.1-13. – Initial child custody jurisdiction.

§ 15-14.1-13. Initial child custody jurisdiction. (a) Except as otherwise provided, a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial child custody determination only if: (1) This state is the home state of the child on the date of the commencement of the proceeding, or was the home state of the child within […]

Section 15-14.1-14. – Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction.

§ 15-14.1-14. Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction. (a) Except as otherwise provided, a court of this state which has made a child custody determination consistent with this chapter has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over the determination until: (1) A court of this state determines that neither the child, the child’s parents, and any person acting as a parent […]

Section 15-14.1-15. – Jurisdiction to modify determination.

§ 15-14.1-15. Jurisdiction to modify determination. Except as otherwise provided, 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, and: (1) The court of the other state determines it no longer has […]

Section 15-14.1-16. – Temporary emergency jurisdiction.

§ 15-14.1-16. Temporary emergency jurisdiction. (a) A court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction if the child is present in this state and the child has been abandoned or it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because the child, or a sibling or parent of the child, is subjected to or […]

Section 15-14.1-17. – Notice — Opportunity to be heard — Joinder.

§ 15-14.1-17. Notice — Opportunity to be heard — Joinder. (a) Before a child custody determination is made under this chapter, notice and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with this chapter must be given to all persons entitled to notice under the law of this state as in child custody proceedings between residents […]

Section 15-14.1-18. – Simultaneous proceedings.

§ 15-14.1-18. Simultaneous proceedings. (a) Except as otherwise provided, a court of this state may not exercise its jurisdiction under this chapter if, at the time of the commencement of the proceeding, a proceeding concerning the custody of the child has been commenced in a court of another state having jurisdiction substantially in conformity with […]

Section 15-14.1-19. – Inconvenient forum.

§ 15-14.1-19. Inconvenient forum. (a) A court of this state which has jurisdiction under this chapter to make a child custody determination may decline to exercise its jurisdiction at any time if it determines that it is an inconvenient forum under the circumstances and that a court of another state is a more appropriate forum. […]

Section 15-14.1-2. – Definitions.

§ 15-14.1-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent: (1) “Abandoned” means left without provision for reasonable and necessary care or supervision; (2) “Child” means an individual who has not attained eighteen (18) years of […]

Section 15-14.1-20. – Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct.

§ 15-14.1-20. Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct. (a) Except as otherwise provided, if a court of this state has jurisdiction under this chapter because a person seeking to invoke its jurisdiction has engaged in unjustifiable conduct, the court shall decline to exercise its jurisdiction unless: (1) The parents and all persons acting as parents […]

Section 15-14.1-21. – Information to be submitted to court.

§ 15-14.1-21. Information to be submitted to court. (a) Subject to any law providing for the confidentiality of procedures, addresses, and other identifying information in a child custody proceeding, each party, in its first pleading or in an attached affidavit, shall give information, if reasonably ascertainable, under oath as to the child’s present address or […]

Section 15-14.1-22. – Appearance of parties and child.

§ 15-14.1-22. Appearance of parties and child. (a) In a child custody proceeding in this state, the court may order a party to the proceeding who is in this state to appear before the court in person with or without the child. The court may order any person who is in this state and who […]

Section 15-14.1-23. – Additional definitions in this chapter.

§ 15-14.1-23. Additional definitions in this chapter. (1) “Petitioner” means a person who seeks enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or enforcement of a child custody determination. (2) “Respondent” means a person against whom a proceeding has been commenced for […]

Section 15-14.1-24. – Enforcement under Hague Convention.

§ 15-14.1-24. Enforcement under Hague Convention. A court of this state may enforce an order for the return of the child made under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction as if it were a child custody determination. History of Section.P.L. 2003, ch. 307, § 2; P.L. 2003, ch. 322, § […]

Section 15-14.1-25. – Duty to enforce.

§ 15-14.1-25. Duty to enforce. (a) A court of this state shall recognize and enforce a child custody determination of a court of another state if the latter court exercised jurisdiction in substantial conformity with this chapter or the determination was made under factual circumstances meeting the jurisdictional standards of this chapter and the determination […]

Section 15-14.1-26. – Temporary visitation.

§ 15-14.1-26. Temporary visitation. (a) A court of this state which does not have jurisdiction to modify a child custody determination may issue a temporary order enforcing: (1) A visitation schedule made by a court of another state; or (2) The visitation provisions of a child custody determination of another state that does not provide […]

Section 15-14.1-27. – Registration of child custody determination.

§ 15-14.1-27. Registration of child custody determination. (a) A child custody determination issued by a court of another state may be registered in this state, with or without a simultaneous request for enforcement, by sending to the appropriate court in this state: (1) A letter or other document requesting registration; (2) Two (2) copies, including […]