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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="9.5-202" title_number="9.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Jurisdiction">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in § 9.5-204 of this subtitle, a court of this State that has made a child custody determination consistent with § 9.5-201 or § 9.5-203 of this subtitle has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over the determination until:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a court of this State determines that neither the child, the child and one parent, nor the child and a person acting as a parent have a significant connection with this State and that substantial evidence is no longer available in this State concerning the child’s care, protection, training, and personal relationships; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a court of this State or a court of another state determines that the child, the child’s parents, and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in this State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A court of this State that has made a child custody determination and does not have exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under this section may modify that determination only if it has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under § 9.5-201 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
