{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-722.1203","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1203","heading":"Modification of out-of-state child-custody determination; requirements.","body":"Sec. 203.\n\nExcept as otherwise provided in section 204, a court of this state shall 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 child-custody determination under section 201(1)(a) or (b) and either of the following applies:\n\nThe court of the other state determines it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under section 202 or that a court of this state would be a more convenient forum under section 207.\n\nA court of this state or a court of the other state determines that neither the child, nor a parent of the child, nor a person acting as a parent presently resides in the other state.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 722","Act Act-195-of-2001"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-722-1203","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"72538ceab2cdb2a8008fb407f520b2f34d302aa7570bb9cc656a9c7eb45fa4df","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-722.1202","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-722.1204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}