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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="9-302" title_number="9" title_name="Child Custody and Visitation" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Removal of Child From State; Child Abduction">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An equity court has jurisdiction over custody and visitation of a child who is removed from this State by a parent of the child, if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the parents are separated or divorced and this State was:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the marital domicile of the parents; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the domicile in which the marriage contract was last performed;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>1 of the parents was a resident of this State when the child was removed and that parent continues to reside in this State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the court obtains personal jurisdiction over the parent who removes the child.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not affect any other basis of an equity court’s jurisdiction over custody and visitation of a child.</text>
  </level>
</section>
