Jurisdiction.

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(1) A petition under this article 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", article 13 of this title.

(2) A court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction under section 14-13-204, if the court finds a credible risk of abduction.

Source: L. 2007: Entire article added, p. 769, § 1, effective May 14.


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