Shute v. Shute

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing language of Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1738A, indicated Congress’s intent to preempt field of custody jurisdiction
• if no “home state” exists, court may look to other UCCJA factors in deciding whether to assert or decline jurisdiction
• in custody case, best interest of child is no longer controlling if child has home state under PKPA
• in custody case, best interest of child is no longer controlling if child has home state under PKPA
• “the PKPA preempts the Vermont statutes that conflict with the PKPA.... [B]est interest of the child is no longer controlling [in custody case] if the child has a home state”
• \The PKPA established national standards for determining subject matter jurisdiction over custody matters.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).