Jones v. Whimper, 366 NC 367

The holding of the majority opinion of the Court of Appeals is affirmed; however, to the extent that the majority opinion has construed the federal Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (“PKPA”) and the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (“UCC-JEA”) as enacted in this state as requiring a threshold of “substantial compliance” with these statutes, the majority opinion is vacated. Instead, “substantial compliance” as set forth in our General Statutes requires our courts to determine whether the foreign state has substantially the same type of jurisdiction that we have. N.C.G.S.…