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Cal. Fam. Code § 3443

Enforcement

Known as the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

The act spans §§ 3400–3465 (43 sections).

Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 144 Cal. App. 4th 461 - Paillier v. Pence (2006)

Most recently applied in 245 Cal. Rptr. 3d 463 - Sonoma Cnty. Human Servs. Dep't v. Heather B. (In re C.W.) (March 2019)

Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 867, Sec. 3

How often courts cite this section

20062010201920
citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

(a) A court of this state shall recognize and enforce a child custody determination of a court of another state if the latter court exercised jurisdiction in substantial conformity with this part or the determination was made under factual circumstances meeting the jurisdictional standards of this part and the determination has not been modified in accordance with this part.

(b) A court of this state may utilize any remedy available under other laws of this state to enforce a child custody determination made by a court of another state. The remedies provided in this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of other remedies to enforce a child custody determination.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.