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urn: urn:us-la:rs:13:1814
citation: "R.S. 13:1814"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 13 › Chapter 6 › Part IV › Subpart B"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 2006, number: 822, section: 1, effective_date: 2007-08-15, role: enactment }
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# Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction

A. Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 13:1816, a court of this state which has made a child custody determination consistent with R.S. 13:1813 or 1815 has exclusive, continuing 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 exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under this Section may modify that determination only if it has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under R.S. 13:1813.