Legal Opinion
W.M. v. V.A.
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided December 13, 2018No. B287735PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtGrimes, J.
*68SUMMARY
This is a child custody proceeding arising under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA, Fam. Code, § 3400 et seq. ).1 The proceeding raises questions of jurisdiction as between California and Belarus. Under the UCCJEA, a California court otherwise having jurisdiction cannot exercise its jurisdiction if a child custody proceeding has already been commenced in a court of another state "having jurisdiction substantially in conformity with" the UCCJEA. (§ 3426, subd. (a), hereafter section 3426(a), sometimes referred to as the "simultaneous proceedings"…
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