Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary
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- Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction And Enforcement Act
- A law in every state that determines which court has jurisdiction over custody matters involving children--in other words, where a custody action can be brought if the children have lived in different places in the period just before the custody action begins.


