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Acknowledgment of Parentage is not an "initial custody determination" | UCCJEA

An Acknowledgment of Parentage is not an "initial custody determination" within the meaning of the UCCJEA. Michigan?s Acknowledgment of Parentage statute clearly states that an agreed grant of initial custody is without prejudice to a separate determination of either parent?s custodial rights, leaving either parent able to seek a court order. ?Child-custody determination[s]? must take the form of court orders under the UCCJEA. All that the AOP represents is an agreement between mother and father, may agree to personal jurisdiction, but cannot confer subject matter jurisdiction upon the courts.

Full post as published by Updates in Michigan Family Law on March 01, 2011 (boomark / email).