69 So. 3d 898 - Rl v. Jer’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. ““(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 30-3B-204, a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial child custody determination only if: “(1) This state is the home state of the child on the date of the commencement of the proceeding, or was the home state of the child within six months before the commencement of the proceeding and the child is absent from this state but a parent or person acting as a parent continues to live in this state; [[Image here]] “(b) Subsection (a) is the exclusive jurisdictional basis for making a child custody determination by a court of this state. “(c) Physical presence of a child is not necessary or sufficient to make a child custody determination.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fordham v. Siderius

2. ““At the time the adoption proceeding was initiated, aside from the child’s ‘temporary absence’ from Georgia while he was in the adoptive parents’ custody, the child had lived with his mother in Georgia for six consecutive months immediately preceding the filing of the adoption petition, and the mother continued to live in Georgia during the child’s ‘temporary absence’; thus, Georgia was the child’s home state.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fordham v. Siderius