{"data":{"id":"us-me/19-a-m.r.s.-1747","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"19-A M.R.S. §1747","heading":"Jurisdiction to modify determination","body":"Except as otherwise provided in section 1748, 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 section 1745, subsection 1, paragraph A or B and:\n1.  Jurisdiction of other state; more convenient forum.  The court of the other state determines it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under section 1746 or that a court of this State would be a more convenient forum under section 1751; or\n2.  Not residents of other state.  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":["TITLE 19-A: DOMESTIC RELATIONS","PART 3: PARENTS AND CHILDREN","CHAPTER 58: UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT","SUBCHAPTER 2: JURISDICTION"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/19-A/title19-Asec1747.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:29Z","sha256":"c8794f874e47cea10ec42ae2c0956a61e0a4b2b6f9bec0872b6b81b8f98e1be2","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/19-a-m.r.s.-1746","next":"us-me/19-a-m.r.s.-1748"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}