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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:13:1815",
  "title_number": "13",
  "section_number": "1815",
  "citation": "R.S. 13:1815",
  "heading": "Jurisdiction to modify determination",
  "text": "Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 13:1816, 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 R.S. 13:1813(A)(1) or (2) and:\n\n(1) The court of the other state determines it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under R.S. 13:1814 or that a court of this state would be a more convenient forum under R.S. 13:1819; or\n\n(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.",
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      "number": "13",
      "name": "COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
    },
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      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "6",
      "name": "JUVENILE COURTS"
    },
    {
      "level": "part",
      "number": "IV",
      "name": "UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT"
    },
    {
      "level": "subpart",
      "number": "B",
      "name": "JURISDICTION"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 13 › Chapter 6 › Part IV › Subpart B",
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      "act_year": 2006,
      "act_number": 822,
      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": "2007-08-15",
      "effective_date_raw": "Aug. 15, 2007",
      "role": "enactment"
    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 2006, No. 822, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.",
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