{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fam-3422","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAM § 3422","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 3424, a court of this state that has made a child custody determination consistent with Section 3421 or 3423 has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over the determination until either of the following occurs:\n(1) A court of this state determines that neither the child, nor the child and one parent, nor the child and a person acting as a parent have a significant connection with this state and that substantial evidence is no longer available in this state concerning the child’s care, protection, training, and personal relationships.\n(2) A court of this state or a court of another state determines that the child, the child’s parents, and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in this state.\n(b) A court of this state that has made a child custody determination and does not have exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under this section may modify that determination only if it has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under Section 3421.","path":["Family Code - FAM","DIVISION 8. CUSTODY OF CHILDREN [3000. - 3465.]","PART 3. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT [3400. - 3465.]","CHAPTER 2. Jurisdiction [3421. - 3430.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"1d5b076d5cf8a408f1e799bae30b45344b4367d1786fa94aac038a0d417fa009","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fam-3421","next":"us-ca/fam-3423"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}