30-3C-4
Section 30-3C-4 Actions for abduction prevention measures. (a) A court on its own motion
may order abduction prevention measures in a child-custody proceeding if the court finds that
the evidence establishes a credible risk of abduction of the child. (b) A party to a child-custody
determination or another individual or entity having a right under the law of this state or
any other state to seek a child-custody determination for the child may file a petition seeking
abduction prevention measures to protect the child under this chapter. This chapter creates
no new requirement on the Department of Human Resources or any other social services agency
or entity to file a petition seeking abduction prevention measures on behalf of a child. (Act
2010-212, p. 339, §4.)...
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30-3D-204
Section 30-3D-204 Simultaneous proceedings. (a) A tribunal of this state may exercise
jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed
after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if: (1) the petition
or comparable pleading in this state is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in
the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise
of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country; (2) the contesting party timely
challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and (3)
if relevant, this state is the home state of the child. (b) A tribunal of this state may not
exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading
is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country
if: (1) the petition or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is...
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26-2B-203
Section 26-2B-203 Jurisdiction. (a) A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint
a guardian or issue a protective order for a respondent if: (1) this state is the respondent's
home state; (2) on the date the petition is filed, this state is a significant-connection
state and: (A) the respondent does not have a home state or a court of the respondent's home
state has declined to exercise jurisdiction because this state is a more appropriate forum;
or (B) the respondent has a home state, a petition for an appointment or order is not pending
in a court of that state or another significant-connection state and before the court makes
the appointment or issues the order: (i) a petition for an appointment or order is not filed
in the respondent's home state; (ii) an objection to the court's jurisdiction is not filed
by a person required to be notified of the proceeding; and (iii) the court in this state concludes
that it is an appropriate forum under the factors set forth in Section...
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30-3B-302
Section 30-3B-302 Enforcement under Hague Convention. Under this article a court of
this state may enforce an order for the return of the child made under The Hague Convention
on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction as if it were a child custody determination.
(Act 99-438, p. 866, §1.)...
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30-3B-308
Section 30-3B-308 Expedited enforcement of child custody determination. (a) A petition
under this article must be verified. Certified copies of all orders sought to be enforced
and of any order confirming registration must be attached to the petition. A copy of a certified
copy of an order may be attached instead of the original. (b) A petition for enforcement of
a child custody determination must state: (1) Whether the court that issued the determination
identified the jurisdictional basis it relied upon in exercising jurisdiction and, if so,
what the basis was; (2) Whether the determination for which enforcement is sought has been
vacated, stayed, or modified by a court whose decision must be enforced under this chapter
and, if so, identify the court, the case number, and the nature of the proceeding; (3) Whether
any proceeding has been commenced that could affect the current proceeding, including proceedings
relating to domestic violence, protective orders, termination of parental...
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30-3B-311
Section 30-3B-311 Warrant to take physical custody of child. (a) Upon the filing of
a petition seeking enforcement of a child custody determination, the petitioner may file a
verified application for the issuance of a warrant to take physical custody of the child if
the child is imminently likely to suffer serious physical harm or be removed from this state.
(b) If the court, upon the testimony of the petitioner or other witness, finds that the child
is imminently likely to suffer serious physical harm or be removed from this state, it may
issue a warrant to take physical custody of the child. The petition must be heard within 72
hours after the warrant is executed unless impossible. In that event, the court shall hold
the hearing on the next judicial day. The application for the warrant must include the statements
required by Section 30-3B-308(b). (c) A warrant to take physical custody of a child
must: (1) Recite the facts upon which a conclusion of imminent serious physical harm or...

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30-3B-105
Section 30-3B-105 International application of chapter. (a) A court of this state shall
treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying
this article and Article 2. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a child custody
determination made in a foreign country under factual circumstances in substantial conformity
with the jurisdictional standards of this chapter must be recognized and enforced under Article
3. (c) A court of this state need not apply this chapter if the child custody law of a foreign
country violates fundamental principles of human rights. (Act 99-438, p. 866, §1.)...
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30-3C-5
Section 30-3C-5 Jurisdiction. (a) A petition under this chapter may be filed only in
a court that has jurisdiction to make a child-custody determination with respect to the child
at issue under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, Chapter 3B of this
title. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction
to take action under this chapter if a child is present in this state and the court finds
there is a credible risk of abduction. (Act 2010-212, p. 339, §5.)...
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30-3D-301
Section 30-3D-301 Proceedings under chapter. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this
chapter, this article applies to all proceedings under this chapter. (b) An individual petitioner
or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by
filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by
filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign
country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent. (Act 2015-284,
§1.)...
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30-3D-307
Section 30-3D-307 Duties of support enforcement agency. (a) A support enforcement agency
of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under
this chapter. (b) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to
the petitioner shall: (1) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this
state, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent; (2)
request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing; (3) make a reasonable
effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property
of the parties; (4) within seven days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays,
after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal,
send a copy of the notice to the petitioner; (5) within seven days, exclusive of Saturdays,
Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from...
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