Section

583-1 Purposes of chapter; construction of provisions

583-2 Definitions

583-3 Jurisdiction

583-4 Notice and opportunity to be heard

583-5 Notice to persons outside this State; submission to

jurisdiction

583-6 Simultaneous proceedings in other states

583-7 Inconvenient forum

583-8 Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct

583-9 Information under oath to be submitted to the court

583-10 Additional parties

583-11 Appearance of parties and the child

583-12 Binding force and res judicata effect of custody

decree

583-13 Recognition of out-of-state custody decrees

583-14 Modification of custody decree of another state

583-15 Filing and enforcement of custody decree of another

state

583-16 Registry of out-of-state custody decrees and

proceedings

583-17 Certified copies of custody decree

583-18 Taking testimony in another state

583-19 Hearings and studies in another state; orders to

appear

583-20 Assistance to courts of other states

583-21 Preservation of documents for use in other states

583-22 Request for court records for another state

583-23 International application

583-24 Priority

583-25 Short title

583-26 Severability