Legislatures Consider Replacing UCCJA With UCCJEA

UCCJEA ARTICLE 4 -- MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Article by Richard Crouch, Attorney at Law, Crouch & Crouch, Arlington, Virginia; (703) 528-6700;
Copyright Richard Crouch 1999. Originally Published in Family Law News, a Virginia
State Bar Publication

Table of Contents of UCCJA Article | Introduction

SECTION 401. APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION. In applying and construing
this Uniform Act, consideration must be given to the need to promote
uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among States
that enact it.

SECTION 402. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. If any provision of this [Act] or its
application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the
invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this
[Act] which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end the provisions of this [Act] are severable.

SECTION 403. EFFECTIVE DATE. This [Act] takes effect ...............

SECTION 404. REPEALS. The following acts and parts of acts are hereby
repealed:

(1) The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act;

(2) ........................................

(3) ........................................

SECTION 405. TRANSITIONAL PROVISION. A motion or other request for
relief made in a child-custody proceeding or to enforce a child-custody
determination which was commenced before the effective date of this
[Act] is governed by the law in effect at the time the motion or other
request was made.

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