In re P.M. CA1/2
In this appeal from jurisdictional and dispositional orders in dependency proceedings, Melinda M. (Mother), who resides in Nevada and left her children in California without providing for their support, argues that that the juvenile court lacked subject matter jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) (Fam. Code, § 3400 et seq.). We conclude that the juvenile court had temporary emergency jurisdiction under the UCCJEA when the children were abandoned, and that after a court hearing at which counsel, a Nevada state court magistrate, and child welfare agencies from California and Nevada were present in person or by telephone, the juvenile court properly assumed permanent jurisdiction under the UCCJEA.
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