"Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act"
ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL
PROVISIONS
Directing courts in determining best interest of the child;
defining terms; specifying remedies for noncompliance, order jurisdiction, and
certain notifications
ARTICLE 2 - AGREEMENT ADDRESSING CUSTODIAL
RESPONSIBILITY DURING DEPLOYMENT
Allowing parents to enter agreements
granting custodial responsibility during deployment; specifying nature of
authority created by agreement to not be permanent; allowing agreement
modification and power of attorney; requiring power of attorney court
filing
ARTICLE 3 - JUDICIAL PROCEDURE FOR GRANTING CUSTODIAL RESPONSIBILITY
DURING DEPLOYMENT
Specifying proceeding for custody order; providing an
expedited evidentiary hearing; allowing testimony by electronic means;
specifying rules for effect of prior order; allowing courts to grant caretaking
authority to nonparents and limited contract to nonparents; specifying custody
order contents; specifying nature of authority created by agreement to not be
permanent; allowing temporary order for child support and motions for amended
findings and order
ARTICLE 4 - RETURN FROM DEPLOYMENT
Specifying a
procedure for terminating grant of custodial responsibility established by
agreement, a consent procedure, visitation, and termination
ARTICLE 5 -
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Providing uniformity of application and
construction, relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce
act, and a savings clause
(rt)