{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-50a-203","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-203","heading":"Jurisdiction to modify determination.","body":"Except as otherwise provided in G.S. 50A-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 G.S. 50A-201(a)(1) or G.S. 50A-201(a)(2) and:\n(1)\tThe court of the other state determines it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under G.S. 50A-202 or that a court of this State would be a more convenient forum under G.S. 50A-207; or\n(2)\tA 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. (1979, c. 110, s. 1; 1999-223, s. 3.)","path":["Chapter 50A. Uniform Acts on Children.","Article 2. Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.","Part 2. Jurisdiction."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_50A/GS_50A-203.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:04:27Z","sha256":"219b16ad9bdf38f2dd1843f27e2a56236a880096bf2d3fadc6e345a06c684a93","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-50a-202","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-50a-204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}