id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
cjgl-2494	Goelman, Deborah M.	Shelter from the Storm: Using Jurisdictional Statutes to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence after the Violence against Women Act of 2000	2004	68	.pdf	application/pdf	26500	1247	54	This again raised the question as to whether custody orders are entitled to full faith and credit under the VAWA, and, if so, what type of custody orders are covered by the mandate.3 46 The Act redefined protection order as: [A]ny injunction or other order issued for the purpose of preventing violent or threatening acts or harassment against, or contact or communication with or physical proximity to, another person, including any temporary or final order issued by a civil and criminal court (other than a support or child custody order issued pursuant to State divorce and child custody laws, except to the extent that such an order is entitled to full faith and credit under other Federal law) whether obtained by filing an independent action or as a pendente lite order in another proceeding so long as any civil order was issued in response to a complaint, petition, or motion filed by or on behalf of a person seeking protection.1 47 On its face, the modified language in the parenthetical appears to distinguish between support or child custody orders issued pursuant to state divorce and child custody laws, and, by omission, support or child custody orders issued as part of protection orders. The UCCJEA also was designed to harmonize child custody jurisdiction law, given the changes that had been enacted by the PKPA, state domestic violence statutes, and the VAWA.'	cache/cjgl-2494.pdf	txt/cjgl-2494.txt