CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure Before Trial/Hearing
......Jurisdiction-Subject Matter/Residency
.........Jurisdiction Over Specific Issues
............Custody/Visitation
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Superior court has jurisdiction to make custody award.

Custody of children of annulled marriage determined in like manner as children of dissolved marriage.

Decree state retains jurisdiction to modify custody/visitation matters until it loses almost all connections with child.

Courts do not have jurisdiction to entertain non parent's petition to establish parental rights to custody and visitation.

UCCJA is exclusive method of determining a state's subject matter jurisdiction in custody cases.

Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act did not create federal cause of action to determine which of conflicting custody orders was valid.

Personal jurisdiction over out-of-state parent not required to make binding custody order under UCCJA.