Jurisdiction.

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(1) A court may issue an order regarding custodial responsibility under this article only if the court has jurisdiction under article 13 of this title.

  1. If a court has issued an interim order regarding custodial responsibility pursuant topart 3 of this article, the residence of the deploying parent is not changed by reason of the deployment for the purposes of article 13 of this title.

  2. If a court has issued a permanent order regarding custodial responsibility before notice of deployment and the parents modify that order temporarily by agreement pursuant to part 2 of this article, the residence of the deploying parent is not changed by reason of the deployment for the purposes of article 13 of this title.

  3. If a court in another state has issued an interim order regarding custodial responsibility as a result of impending or current deployment, the residence of the deploying parent is not changed by reason of the deployment for the purposes of article 13 of this title.

  4. This section does not prevent a court from exercising emergency jurisdiction underarticle 13 of this title.

Source: L. 2013: Entire article added, (HB 13-1200), ch. 174, p. 627, § 2, effective May 10.


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