Lawrence v. Rokes

How courts have described this case

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• noting that section 152.201(a) provides the “exclusive jurisdictional basis” for a Texas court to exercise jurisdiction over a child custody determination
• noting that New Mexico court had not declined jurisdiction under either section 152.207 or 152.208 but solely because Texas had decided to exercise jurisdiction, a reason the supreme court held the UCCJEA does not allow
• explaining Texas court should not have assumed jurisdiction when New Mexico court had not yet declined jurisdiction under UCCJEA
• “But one state may have jurisdiction over custody even if the divorce is decided by another state’s court.”
• “The separation[-]of[-]powers doctrine prohibits one branch of government from exercising a power belonging inherently to another.”
• “But one state may have jurisdiction over custody even if the divorce is decided by another state’s court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).