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settled on the phrase that "a court of this State or a court of |
| another State determines that the child, the child's parents, and |
| any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in this |
| State" to determine when the exclusive, continuing jurisdiction of |
| a State ended. The phrase is meant to be identical in meaning to |
| the language of the PKPA which provides that full faith and credit |
| is to be given to custody determinations made by a State in the |
| exercise of its continuing jurisdiction when that "State remains |
| the residence of ... ." The phrase is also the equivalent of the |
| language "continues to reside" which occurs in UIFSA § 205(a)(1) to |
| determine the exclusive, continuing jurisdiction of the State that |
| made a support order. The phrase "remains the residence of" in the |
| PKPA has been the subject of conflicting case law. It is the |
| intention of this Act that paragraph (a)(2) [Me. cite subsection 1, |
| paragraph 3] of this section means that the named persons no longer |
| continue to actually live within the State. Thus, unless a |
| modification proceeding has been commenced, when the child, the |
| parents, and all persons acting as parents physically leave the |
| State to live elsewhere, the exclusive, continuing jurisdiction |
| ceases. |