Section 76-B. Jurisdiction to modify determination  


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  • Except as otherwise
      provided in section seventy-six-c of this title, a court of  this  state
      may  not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another
      state unless a court of this state has jurisdiction to make  an  initial
      determination  under  paragraph (a) or (b) of subdivision one of section
      seventy-six of this title and:
        1. The court of the other state determines it no longer has exclusive,
      continuing jurisdiction under section seventy-six-a  of  this  title  or
      that  a  court  of  this  state  would  be a more convenient forum under
      section seventy-six-f of this title; or
        2. A court of this state or a court of the other state determines that
      the child, the child's parents, and any person acting as a parent do not
      presently reside in the other state.