Except as otherwise provided in Section 30-3B-204, a court of this state may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under Section 30-3B-201(a)(1) or (2) and:
(1) The court of the other state determines it no longer has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction under Section 30-3B-202 or that a court of this state would be a more convenient forum under Section 30-3B-207; or
(2) A court of this state or a court of the other state determines that the child, the child's parents, and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in the other state.
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.