Applying the UCCJEA in Family Law

The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) is a model act from the Uniform Law Commission (formally NCCUSL) intended to create a common state law. Both the state and federal acts have one main goal: to ensure that there is only one controlling child custody order and that the resulting order is given full faith and credit. There are other jurisdictional considerations, such as the status of marriage, property division, and choice of law relating to any contracts the parties are engaged in-we're all familiar with the common law. [...]these two-child support and child custody-don't follow common law standards.