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UCCJEA: Illinois refuses to register Indiana custody ruling: the Illinois Supreme Court refuses to register an Indiana custody ruling where the Indiana court did not return the Illinois court's repeated phone calls.(Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act)

In affirming a trial court's refusal to register an out-of-state custody judgment under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act, "the Illinois Supreme Court has reconfirmed how vital communication between courts is in determining jurisdiction" in cases involving competing custody proceedings, says UCCJEA maven Celia Gamrath of Chicago. The case is In re Sophia G.L., 2008 WL 2131578 (Ill Sup Ct).

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Born in Indiana in September 2005, Sophia is the daughter of then 22-year-old Alexis Lindeman and Andrew Cochran, who were unmarried. Ten days later, Sophia and Alexis moved into the home of Alexis's father and stepmother, John and Yvonne Lindeman, ...

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