(1) This article may be invoked to enforce 1 or both of the following:
    (a) A child-custody determination.

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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 722.1302

  • Child: means an individual who is younger than 18 years of age. See Michigan Laws 722.1102
  • Child-custody determination: means a judgment, decree, or other court order providing for legal custody, physical custody, or parenting time with respect to a child. See Michigan Laws 722.1102
  • Court: means an entity authorized under the law of a state to establish, enforce, or modify a child-custody determination. See Michigan Laws 722.1102
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Petitioner: means a person who seeks enforcement of a child-custody determination or enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction. See Michigan Laws 722.1301
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Michigan Laws 722.1102
    (b) An order for the return of a child made under the Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction.
    (2) A court of this state that does not have jurisdiction to modify a child-custody determination may issue a temporary order enforcing either of the following:
    (a) A parenting time schedule made by a court of another state.
    (b) The parenting time provisions of a child-custody determination of another state that does not provide for a specific parenting time schedule.
    (3) If a court of this state makes an order under subsection (2)(b), 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 article 2. The order remains in effect until an order is obtained from the other court or the period expires.