In re Schwartz

*321*334The issue in this child custody appeal is whether the trial court had subject matter jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA).1 Answering that question requires us to determine, as a matter of first impression in this state, what legal test governs the determination whether a child's absence from a putative "home state" is a "temporary absence" within the meaning of ORS 109.704(7), such that the time away is counted toward the child's residence in the putative home state. The question is a significant one, because it is pivotal to the issue of…