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urn: urn:us-la:rs:13:1815
citation: "R.S. 13:1815"
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 }
---

# Jurisdiction to modify determination

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:

(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

(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.