CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Interstate Custody/UCCJA
......Jurisdiction: Bases Under UCCJA
.........Physical Presence Alone Not Juris. Basis
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Physical presence of child in state does not, alone, create or defeat jurisdiction under UCCJA. [Repealed.]

Physical presence of child, or child and one parent, is not alone sufficient to confer jurisdiction. [Repealed.]

Physical presence of child and filing dissolution in Cal. insufficient for jurisdiction under UCCJA. Jurisdiction under UCCJA different from jurisdiction over parties.

Mere physical presence or absence of minor is neither prerequisite to, nor determinative of, custody jurisdiction.