(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 30-3B-204, a court of this state which has made a child custody determination consistent with Section 30-3B-201 or Section 30-3B-203 has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the determination until:
(1) A court of this state determines that neither the child, nor the child and one parent, nor the child and a person acting as a parent have a significant connection with this state and that substantial evidence is no longer available in this state concerning the child's care, protection, training, and personal relationships; or
(2) A court of this state or a court of another state determines that the child, the child's parents, and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in this state.
(b) A court of this state which has made a child custody determination and does not have continuing, exclusive jurisdiction under this section may modify that determination only if it has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under Section 30-3B-201.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.
Chapter 3B - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.
Section 30-3B-201 - Initial Child Custody Jurisdiction.
Section 30-3B-202 - Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction.
Section 30-3B-203 - Jurisdiction to Modify Determination.
Section 30-3B-204 - Temporary Emergency Jurisdiction.
Section 30-3B-205 - Notice; Opportunity to Be Heard; Joinder.
Section 30-3B-206 - Simultaneous Proceedings.
Section 30-3B-207 - Inconvenient Forum.
Section 30-3B-208 - Jurisdiction Declined by Reason of Conduct.