Posts Tagged ‘Child Custody Modification’

Correct result, questionable rationale on multi-state child custody jurisdiction appeal

In 2007 South Carolina substituted the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA) for the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA). S.C. Code Ann. § 63-15-300, et seq.  The change was intended, in part, to correct a few loopholes in the power of courts of one state to take jurisdiction and modify another state’s [...]