California Family Code

§ 3428

FAM § 3428 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 8 · Part 3 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)Except as otherwise provided in Section 3424 or by any other law of this state, if a court of this state has jurisdiction under this part because a person seeking to invoke its jurisdiction has engaged in unjustifiable conduct, the court shall decline to exercise its jurisdiction unless one of the following are true:

(1)The parents and all persons acting as parents have acquiesced in the exercise of jurisdiction.

(2)A court of the state otherwise having jurisdiction under Sections 3421 to 3423, inclusive, determines that this state is a more appropriate forum under Section 3427.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 810, Sec. 7. (SB 107) Effective January 1, 2023.