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The Uccjea: What Is It And How Does It Affect Battered Women In Child-Custody Disputes, Joan Zorza
The Uccjea: What Is It And How Does It Affect Battered Women In Child-Custody Disputes, Joan Zorza
Fordham Urban Law Journal
The Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act ("UCCJEA") is the revised version The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act ("UCCJA"), which states are now being asked to adopt immediately in its stead. The UCCJA was the original model act for states to determine when they have jurisdiction to decide a custody case and when they must give full faith and credit to the custody decrees of other states. When the National Conference of Commission on Uniform State Laws ("NCCUSL") wrote the UCCJA in 1968, it sought to correct two major problems of its day: child abductions by family members and jurisdiction …