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Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA)

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A quick definition of Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA):

The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) is a law that has been adopted by every state except Massachusetts and Vermont. It helps enforce child custody orders across state lines and prevents parents from choosing a state just because they think they will get a better custody decision. The law also protects children who have been abused or who have experienced domestic violence.

A more thorough explanation:

The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) is a law that has been adopted by every state in the United States except for Massachusetts and Vermont. It is used to enforce child custody judgments across state lines and prevent forum shopping, which is when someone tries to get a more favorable custody award by filing in a different state.

The UCCJEA provides a way to obtain and enforce custody and visitation orders across state lines. It also protects children who are victims of abuse or domestic violence.

For example, let's say that a couple gets divorced in California and the mother is awarded custody of their child. The father moves to New York and tries to get custody there because he thinks he will get a better outcome. The UCCJEA prevents this by requiring that the custody case be heard in California, where the original custody order was issued.

Another example is if a mother and father live in different states and have a custody agreement. If the mother moves to a different state and violates the custody agreement, the UCCJEA allows the father to enforce the agreement in the state where the mother moved to.

These examples show how the UCCJEA helps to prevent forum shopping and ensures that custody and visitation orders are enforced across state lines.

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election day psychosis coming in hot (fordham)
usc pls pull through .....
i literally just need one A so i can relax before my ED decision
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:38
oh that's right USC might release
soapy
9:43
USC still has not looked at my app
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:43
when did you submit soapy?
soapy
9:44
10/16
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:44
to be fair it took them almost 2 months for me to go under review
soapy
9:44
Feelin a bit stressed, as I've got no date change for Michigan either despite applying 10/7
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:45
I have not had a date change either for Mich but I've seen people get in without one so who knows
I applied 9/25 to like 6 schools and some (Houston) have no date change yet so dw
soapy
9:46
But do people get in without addresses going long?
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:46
it's tough to tell because a lot of people type out their addresses long to begin with
soapy
9:46
Ah. I didn't. Looking back, my Mich supplement kind of sucks, so there's that
Mich overrated (Dean Z please let me in even tho i didnt apply and I am below both 25ths)
ClassyPleasantHeron
10:01
The "date changes" at Michigan really don't mean anything. We had to do them in undergrad admissions whenever a Georgia applicant picked the country instead of the state, because we'd have to remove the TOEFL requirement and reassign the application from the international application readers.
soapy
10:06
Classy, does that mean they may look at your application, and that look doesn't necessarily trigger any date change?
1a2b3c4d26z
10:06
Man
1a2b3c4d26z
10:07
Walkin to the bus
1a2b3c4d26z
10:07
What a good day to get into law school
ClassyPleasantHeron
10:11
@soapy: I don't know for sure about the law school. For undergrad, once the application is complete, it's assigned to a reader the following Monday. If we had to make any changes, it's because a reader saw something that needed to be changed and the application needed to be re-read after that change.
soapy
10:12
Ahh, got it. Thank you for the insight!
ClassyPleasantHeron
10:14
You're welcome. FWIW, I have no idea what's up with the address changes. We didn't have to do any of that, except for the Georgia state vs country kinds of things.
soapy
10:15
I've heard it theorized that some schools will change the address from "St." --> "Street" as they prepare to send out admissions packets. That's the rumor, anyways.
i think it just indicates a change in status like under review or stages of review
my stanford address went long as soon as it was marked complete lmao
soapy
10:25
I saw some Reddit adcom say that they can see any time we refresh the status checker; I wonder if it's a red flag if an applicant's checked it like 50 times in a day?
soapy
10:25
Also, can we send another LoR to a school that we've already applied to?
soapy
10:26
Or another essay?
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