S. 79795th CongressSenate Bill

Directs that orders of a State court or of a court of the District of Columbia relative to the custody of children of divorced or separated…

Official title: A bill to exercise the power of the Congress under article IV of the Constitution to declare the effect of certain State judiciary proceedings respecting the custody of children.

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Directs that orders of a State court or of a court of the District of Columbia relative to the custody of children of divorced or separated parents be given full faith and credit by every other State and the District of Columbia until such issuing court no longer has under the law of the State in which it is located, or declines to exercise, jurisdiction over modifications of such orders.

Introduced Feb 24, 1977
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George McGovern

Democrat

U.S. Senator · SD

5 cosponsors — all Democrat

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