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Senate adopts Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
Summary
The Massachusetts Senate passed S.2550 to adopt the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, changing how the Commonwealth handles interstate custody jurisdiction, adding protections for domestic violence survivors and options for remote testimony.
The Massachusetts Senate on June 19, 2025, passed An Act Relative to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (S.2550), adopting the UCCJEA to align state practice with other jurisdictions and to limit forum-shopping in interstate custody disputes. The chamber adopted a Ways and Means substitute amendment before ordering the bill to a third reading and passing it to be engrossed.
The measure, sponsored on the floor by Senator Crane, was presented as bringing Massachusetts “in line with every other state in the country” by adopting the UCCJEA, which the senator said gives the original state exclusive jurisdiction over custody matters so long as a parent or child remains in that state. Crane said the current Massachusetts rule relinquishes…
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