Krouse v. Youngblood

DONALDSON, Judge.

Before an Alabama court can enforce a child-custody order issued by another state, the order must be registered in Alabama pursuant to the procedure outlined in the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (“the UC-CJEA”), § 30-3B-101 et seq., Ala.Code 1975. A failure to properly register the foreign child-custody order under the UC-CJEA deprives an Alabama trial court of subject-matter jurisdiction to enforce the custody order. Garrett v. Williams, 68 So.3d 846, 848 (Ala.Civ.App.2011). In- this case, Clayton Krouse (“the father”) sought enforcement of a…