722.1203 Modification of out-of-state child-custody determination; requirements.
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722.1203 Modification of out-of-state child-custody determination; requirements.
Sec. 203.
Except as otherwise provided in section 204, a court of this state shall 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 child-custody determination under section 201(1)(a) or
(b)and either of the following applies:
(a)The court of the other state determines it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under section 202 or that a court of this state would be a more convenient forum under section 207.
(b)A court of this state or a court of the other state determines that neither the child, nor a parent of the child, nor a person acting as a parent presently resides in the other state.
History: 2001, Act 195 , Eff. Apr. 1, 2002