California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Family Code - FAM |
Division 8. CUSTODY OF CHILDREN |
Part 3. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT |
Chapter 3. Enforcement |
Section 3444.
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(a) A court of this state which does not have jurisdiction to modify a child custody determination may issue a temporary order enforcing either:
(1) A visitation schedule made by a court of another state.
(2) The visitation provisions of a child custody determination of another state that does not provide for a specific visitation schedule.
(b) If a court of this state makes an order under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), it shall specify in the order a period that it considers adequate to allow the petitioner to obtain an order from a court having jurisdiction under the criteria specified in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 3421). The order remains in effect until an order is obtained from the other court or the period expires.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 867, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)