§ 5423. Jurisdiction to modify determination.
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§ 5423. Jurisdiction to modify determination.
Except as otherwise provided in section 5424 (relating to temporary emergency jurisdiction), a court of this Commonwealth may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless a court of this Commonwealth has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under section 5421(a)(1) or
(2)(relating to initial child custody jurisdiction) and:
(1)the court of the other state determines it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under section 5422 (relating to exclusive, continuing jurisdiction) or that a court of this Commonwealth would be a more convenient forum under section 5427 (relating to inconvenient forum); or
(2)a court of this Commonwealth or a court of the other state determines that the child, the child's parents and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in the other state.
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Cross References. Section 5423 is referred to in sections 5210, 5422, 5424, 5428 of this title.
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