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2022 Code of Alabama
Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.
Chapter 3C - Alabama Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act.
Section 30-3C-5 - Jurisdiction.
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AL Code § 30-3C-5 (2022)
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Section 30-3C-5
Jurisdiction.
(a) A petition under this chapter may be filed only in a court that has jurisdiction to make a child-custody determination with respect to the child at issue under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, Chapter 3B of this title.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction to take action under this chapter if a child is present in this state and the court finds there is a credible risk of abduction.
(Act 2010-212, p. 339, §5.)
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