In Re Marriage of Schoeffel

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that “the intent of the parties is not controlling for purposes of the [UC-CJA]”
• holding statute is a simple “home state” test: where has the child lived with a person acting as a parent for the last six months?
• stating that “the intent of the parties is not controlling for purposes of the [UCCJA]”
• stating that brief interstate visits by child do not defeat home state jurisdiction
• stating that a party’s request for custody in New York action for divorce was sufficient to trigger application of the Act although the party did not mention the Act
• stating that brief interstate visits by child do not defeat home state jurisdiction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).