In re B.B. CA2/8
Amy B. (mother) and Jeremy B. (father) appeal a judgment declaring their 13-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son dependents of the court, and removing them from their parents’ care. Mother and father contend that the state of Washington was the children’s home state when this case began, and the juvenile court did not properly exercise emergency or continuing jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA; Fam. Code, § 3400 et seq.). We conclude the court properly exercised emergency jurisdiction over the children under the act, but remand the matter to the juvenile court to allow it to contact and provide notice to Washington authorities. If a Washington court declines to exercise jurisdiction, the jurisdictional and dispositional orders will remain in effect. If a Washington court initiates proceedings, the juvenile court is directed to void its jurisdictional and dispositional orders, and proceed in compliance with the UCCJEA.
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