Consford v. Consford

Both the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (Domestic Relations Law art 5-A [hereinafter UCCJA]) and the Parental Kidnaping Prevention Act (hereinafter PKPA) were enacted with the declared purpose of deterring abductions and other unilateral removals of children to obtain custody awards. They sought to avoid jurisdictional competition and relitigation of custody decisions of other States, all the while promoting the exchange of information and mutual assistance between courts for a further facilitation in the area of enforcement when presented with custody decrees of sister States (see,…