- Alaska Statutes.
- Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations
- Chapter 30. Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
- Section 330. Temporary Emergency Jurisdiction.
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AS 25.30.330. Temporary Emergency Jurisdiction.
- (a) A court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction if the child is present in this state and the child has
been abandoned or it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because the child, or a sibling or parent of the
child, is subjected to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse.
- (b) If there is no previous child custody determination that is entitled to be enforced under this chapter and if a child
custody proceeding has not been commenced in a court of a state having jurisdiction under provisions substantially
similar to AS 25.30.300
- 25.30.320, a child custody determination made under
this section remains in effect until an order is obtained from a court of a state having jurisdiction under AS 25.30.300
- 25.30.320 or provisions substantially similar to AS
25.30.300
- 25.30.320. If a child custody proceeding has not
been or is not commenced in a court of a state having jurisdiction under AS 25.30.300
- 25.30.320 or provisions substantially similar to AS
25.30.300
- 25.30.320, a child custody determination made under
this section becomes a final determination if it so provides and this state becomes the home state of the child.
- (c) If there is a previous child custody determination that is entitled to be enforced under this chapter or a child
custody proceeding has been commenced in a court of a state having jurisdiction under AS 25.30.300
- 25.30.320 or provisions substantially similar to AS
25.30.300
- 25.30.320, an order issued by a court of this state
under this section must specify in the order a period that the court considers adequate to allow the person seeking an
order to obtain an order from the state having jurisdiction under AS 25.30.300
- 25.30.320 or provisions substantially similar to AS
25.30.300
- 25.30.320. The order issued in this state remains
in effect until an order is obtained from the other state within the period specified or the period expires.
- (d) A court of this state that has been asked to make a child custody determination under this section, on being informed
that a child custody proceeding has been commenced in, or a child custody determination has been made by, a court of a
state having jurisdiction under AS 25.30.300
- 25.30.320 or provisions substantially similar to AS
25.30.300
- 25.30.320 shall immediately communicate with the
other court. A court of this state that is exercising jurisdiction under AS 25.30.300 - 25.30.320, on being informed that a child custody
proceeding has been commenced in, or a child custody determination has been made by, a court of another state under a
statute substantially similar to this section, shall immediately communicate with the court of that state to resolve
the emergency, protect the safety of the parties and the child, and determine a period for the duration of the
temporary order.
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