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The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) is a Uniform Act drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 1997. [1] The UCCJEA has since been adopted by 49 U.S. States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The purpose of the reform was to guarantee that a child's rights to equal contact with each parent were protected by Federal law. The UPREPA would eliminate the concepts of custody and visitation. This is a model legislation proposal, similar to the model legislation that has been proposed for tort reform, contract law, and criminal law. The ...
Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act: 1968 Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act: 1997 Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act: 2009 Uniform Commercial Code: 2001 Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act: 1982, 1994 Uniform Common Trust Fund Act: 1938, 1952 Uniform Comparative Fault Act: 1977, 1979
In the decades leading up to the 1970s child custody battles were rare, and in most cases the mother of minor children would receive custody. [5] Since the 1970s, as custody laws have been made gender-neutral, contested custody cases have increased as have cases in which the children are placed in the primary custody of the father.
Article 14.01 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure states that a peace officer “or other person” can make an arrest without a warrant when an offense is committed in their presence or ...
The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) requires states to apply the law of the "home state;" that is, the forum which originally determined custody and maintenance. A state court will only apply its own law when no parent retains a connection with the original jurisdiction and when substantial evidence is available ...
A Texas couple who have made national news for disagreeing over their child's gender identity have now been granted joint custody, a judge said Thursday.. Anne Georgulas and Jeffrey Younger have ...
The Uniform Law Commission (ULC), also called the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, [3] is a non-profit, American unincorporated association. . Established in 1892, the ULC aims to provide U.S. states (plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) with well-researched and drafted model acts to bring clarity and stability to critical areas of ...