{"data":{"id":"us-vt/15-v.s.a.-1073","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"15 V.S.A. § 1073","heading":"Jurisdiction to modify determination","body":"Except as otherwise provided in section 1074 of this title, a Vermont court may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless a Vermont court has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under subdivision 1071(a)(1) or (2) of this title and:\n(1) the court of the other state determines it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under section 1072 of this title or that a Vermont court would be a more convenient forum under section 1077 of this title; or\n(2) a Vermont court or a court of the other state determines that the child, the child’s parents, and any person acting as a parent do not currently reside in the other state.","path":["Title 15: Domestic Relations","Chapter 020: Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act","Subchapter 002: JURISDICTION"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/15/020/01073","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:00Z","sha256":"0f9fcd6c8716758466350be80c31a5b4bec66ebd7ade3832437bea2a8dc0bac3","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/15-v.s.a.-1072","next":"us-vt/15-v.s.a.-1074"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}