Generally, concerns of parental abduction will be addressed in an initial custody determination. (thespruce.com)
The Second Department ruled that, in any event, Ontario's Hague return order meant that Ontario had deferred jurisdiction to New York and that substantial evidence was available in New York so that, even if the six month rule had not been satisfied, a New York court had jurisdiction to make an initial custody determination under Domestic Relations Law Sec. 76. (international-divorce.com)
Resolving a question that is not expressly answered by the language of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction And Enforcement Act («UCCJEA»), the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in Upson v. Wallace, 3 A. 3d 1148 (D.C. 2010), held that if a trial court had home - state jurisdiction to issue an initial custody determination under the UCCJEA at the time the action was filed, then the court could still exercise that jurisdiction even after all parties had left the state. (nlrg.com)