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  <num>16-4604.05</num>
  <heading>Jurisdiction.</heading>
  <para>
    <num>(a)</num>
    <text>A petition under this subchapter may be filed only in a court that has jurisdiction to make a child-custody determination with respect to the child at issue under §§ <cite path="§16-4601.01">16-4601.01</cite> to <cite path="§16-4604.02">16-4604.02</cite>.</text>
  </para>
  <para>
    <num>(b)</num>
    <text>A court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction under <cite path="§16-4602.04">§ 16-4602.04</cite> if the court finds a credible risk of abduction.</text>
  </para>
  <annotations>
    <annotation doc="D.C. Law 17-378" type="History">Mar. 31, 2009, D.C. Law 17-378, § 2(d), 56 DCR 1572</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 5 of the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act.</annotation>
  </annotations>
</section>
