B.__A court of another state does not have jurisdiction under paragraph A or a court of the home state of the child has declined to exercise jurisdiction on the ground that this State is the more appropriate forum under section 1751 or 1752 and:

(1)__The child and the child's parents, or the child and at least one parent or a person acting as a parent, have a significant connection with this State other than mere physical presence; and

(2)__Substantial evidence is available in this State concerning the child's care, protection, training and personal relationships;

C.__All courts having jurisdiction under paragraph A or B have declined to exercise jurisdiction on the ground that a court of this State is the more appropriate forum to determine the custody of the child under section 1751 or 1752; or

D.__No court of any other state would have jurisdiction under the criteria specified in paragraph A, B or C.

2.__Exclusive jurisdictional basis.__Subsection 1 is the exclusive jurisdictional basis for making a child custody determination by a court of this State.

3.__Physical presence or personal jurisdiction not necessary or sufficient.__Physical presence of or personal jurisdiction over a party or a child is not necessary or sufficient to make a child custody determination.

Uniform Comment

This section provides mandatory jurisdictional rules for the original child custody proceeding. It generally continues the provisions of the UCCJA § 3. However, there have been a number of changes to the jurisdictional bases.

1. Home State Jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of the home State has been prioritized over other jurisdictional bases. Section 3 of the UCCJA provided four independent and concurrent bases of jurisdiction. The PKPA provides that full faith and credit can only be given to an initial custody determination of a "significant connection" State when there is no home State. This