Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act
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parental-kidnapping-prevention-act-255-10804774
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Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act
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The Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA; is a United States law that establishes national standards for the assertion of child custody jurisdiction. The Act gives preference to the home state in which the child resided within the past six months for the purpose of preventing a child's parent from forum shopping, that is, initiating legal action in a different state for the purpose of obtaining a favorable court ruling. The Act's name represented its sponsors' concern that forum shopping was
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_Kidnapping_Prevention_Act
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2023-11-11T20:33:19Z
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