§359.11.  Jurisdiction

When a court of this state has issued a custody or visitation order, the absence of a child from this state during the deployment of a parent shall be a "temporary absence" for the purposes of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act and this state shall retain exclusive continuing jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 13:1814.  The deployment of a parent may not be used as a basis to assert inconvenience of the forum in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 13:1819.

Acts 2010, No. 739, §1.