Steven D. v. Nicole J.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that although Szmyd was based on UCCJEA’s predecessor, requirement that court articulate reasoning for denying inconvenient forum motion remains good law
• using “abuse of discretion” standard in reviewing trial court’s determination under Alaska UCCJEA that substantial evidence regarding child was available in state
• “A superior court’s decision to decline, or to refuse to decline, jurisdiction as an inconvenient forum is reviewed for abuse of discretion.”
• “UCCJEA was enacted to resolve conflicting jurisdictional requirements between states.”
• applying de novo jurisdiction review under UCCJEA
• applying abuse of discretion standard

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).