CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Interstate Custody/UCCJEA
......Domestic Violence
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Effect of a finding of prior domestic violence in UCCJEA proceedings.

RO reversed where CA court did not follow reqs. of FC 3424 when it included Cs w/in RO, and disregarded jurisdiction of Tijuana fam. court in making c/s and visitation rulings in RO order.

UCCJEA is the basis on which SMJ is predicated, while DVPA is the "procedural vehicle" to invoke SMJ as otherwise authorized by the UCCJEA; UCCJEA specifically applies in DV proceedings.