CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Interstate Custody/UCCJEA
......Jurisdictional Issues
.........Declining Jurisdiction
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Calif. may decline jurisdiction based on forum non conveniens.

Court may decline jurisdiction where one party has engaged in unjustifiable conduct.

Before court finds CA is an inconvenient forum re custody issues, it must provide parties an opportunity to present evidence on the issue per FC 3427.

Cal. may not decline jurisdiction over custody action until both FC 3422 "significant connection" and "substantial evidence" factors determined; Father still remained in Cal.