Holland v. Holland

WELLS, Judge.

This matter involves an interpretation of North Carolina’s Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, G.S. 50A-1, et seq. We find that the crucial jurisdictional requirements in the Act are not present in this case and reverse. The pertinent portions of the Act are:

G.S. 50A-1. (a) The general purposes of this Chapter are to:(1) Avoid jurisdictional competition and conflict with courts of other states in matters of child custody which have in the past resulted in the shifting of children from state to state with harmful effects on their well-being;(2) Promote cooperation with the…