{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-19-203","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 9-19-203","heading":"Jurisdiction to modify determination","body":"Except as otherwise provided in § 9-19-204 , 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 § 9-19-201(a)(1) or (2) and:\n\n(1) the court of the other state determines it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under § 9-19-202 or that a court of this state would be a more convenient forum under § 9-19-207 ; or\n\n(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.","path":["AR Code","Title 9","Chapter 19","Subchapter 2"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"0eaae123e7ee7b5affa44666a99f2d141ad60841ceb406a3135eb241d8203be8","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-19-202","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-19-204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}