Custody intake that captures home-state and safety facts up front
Prospective clients answer whether they're trying to start, modify, or enforce a custody order across state lines, which state the child has lived in most, and whether there's an urgent safety concern — then upload any existing order before the matter reaches your CRM.
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Explore 7 questions from the Interstate Custody UCCJEA template. This interactive preview uses illustrative scoring and sample attachments. Open the full survey to try the complete intake.
What a qualified interstate custody uccjea lead should tell you
A custody matter where the parents or child have connections to more than one U.S. state, requiring a jurisdiction analysis under the UCCJEA before a court can hear a new filing, modification, or enforcement action.
- There Child Under 18
- Parents (Or People Seeking
- Child Lived In Different
- There Already Custody Or
- Trying Start Custody Case,
- Know Which State Child
- There Urgent Safety Concern
The questions your team needs answered
Every interstate custody uccjea intake asks these — and why each one matters.
| Question | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Is there a child under 18 involved in your custody or parenting-time issue? | Confirms this is a minor-child custody matter rather than an adult guardianship or unrelated dispute. |
| Are the parents (or people seeking custody) living in different U.S. states right now, or has the child recently moved to another state? | A cross-state living arrangement or recent move is the core fact that triggers a UCCJEA jurisdiction analysis in the first place. |
| Has the child lived in a different state within the last 6 months? | The 6-month residence window is the standard used to determine a child's home state under the UCCJEA. |
| Is there already a custody or parenting-time court order from any state? | Whether an order already exists changes whether the matter is an initial filing, a modification, or an enforcement action. |
| Are you trying to start a custody case, change an existing order, or enforce an order across state lines? | Distinguishes three legally different requests — start, modify, or enforce — that require different documents and urgency. |
| Do you know which state the child has lived in the most during the last 6 months (or since birth if under 6 months old)? | Not knowing the child's home state signals that jurisdiction facts still need to be gathered before a consultation is scheduled. |
| Is there an urgent safety concern (for example, domestic violence, abuse, or a threat that the child will be taken and not returned)? | A flagged safety concern points to a matter that may need to be handled faster than a routine intake queue. |
How Cliont scores interstate custody uccjea leads
Configured answer weights help your team prioritize follow-up. Your team reviews each submission and decides the next step.
Value signals
- There Child Under 18: yes
- Parents (Or People Seeking: yes
- Child Lived In Different: yes
- There Already Custody Or: yes
- Trying Start Custody Case,: yes
- Know Which State Child: yes
Urgency signals
- There Urgent Safety Concern
See an example lead handoff
Illustrative lead details and score show how a submission can reach your team.
Interstate Custody UCCJEA Lead
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They explain the matter
Smart questions adapt to their matter and capture the full scope.
They share the documents
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Built for interstate custody uccjea workflows
| Cliont capability | Interstate Custody UCCJEA application |
|---|---|
| Conditional branching | The answer to whether the client is starting, modifying, or enforcing an order determines what the intake asks next, so a firm sees the right legal posture before scheduling. |
| Urgency flagging | A yes on the safety-concern question is weighted and surfaced separately from routine jurisdiction facts, so a possible abduction or abuse case doesn't sit in a normal queue. |
| Document collection | Prospective clients can upload an existing custody order from any state directly in the intake, giving the firm the document before the first consultation. |
| Lead scoring | Home-state clarity, recent moves, and existing orders combine into a single score, so a firm can tell a clean interstate jurisdiction case apart from one where the facts are still murky. |
Example interstate custody uccjea lead scenarios
Illustrative situations explain the intake questions and possible follow-up.
Recent out-of-state move
The child moved to a new state within the last 6 months and no custody order exists yet, so home-state jurisdiction is still unsettled and needs to be established before filing.
Enforcing an out-of-state order
A custody order already exists from another state and the client needs it enforced locally, a very different scope of work than an initial filing or modification.
Safety concern flagged
The intake flags a possible domestic violence or abduction risk, which should surface as an urgent matter rather than sit in a standard queue for a routine consultation slot.
Uncertain home state
The prospective client isn't sure which state the child has lived in most over the last 6 months, a gap that affects jurisdiction and is worth clarifying before scheduling time.
Not actually interstate
Both parents live in the same state and the child hasn't moved, so this isn't a UCCJEA matter at all — the intake surfaces that mismatch instead of booking a consultation for the wrong practice area.
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Interstate Custody UCCJEA lead-intake FAQs
How does the intake confirm this is genuinely a UCCJEA matter and not standard custody?
The intake checks whether the parents live in different states or the child has recently moved, and whether the child has lived in another state within the last 6 months. If both point to a single state with no recent move, it's likely not an interstate jurisdiction issue at all.
What happens when a prospective client flags a safety concern?
A yes answer on domestic violence, abuse, or abduction risk is treated as an urgent signal in the scoring, separate from the standard home-state and order questions, so those matters stand out from routine interstate filings.
Does the intake ask for a copy of an existing custody order?
Yes — the intake first asks whether any state has already issued a custody or parenting-time order, since that changes whether the client needs a new filing, a modification, or enforcement, and a copy can be requested as part of the required uploads.
How does the intake distinguish a new filing from a modification or enforcement request?
One question asks directly whether the client is trying to start a case, change an existing order, or enforce an order across state lines, which determines the legal posture and documents you'll need before a consultation.
What if the prospective client doesn't know which state counts as the child's home state?
The intake asks directly whether they know which state the child has lived in the most over the last 6 months (or since birth). A no answer doesn't disqualify the lead, but it flags that jurisdiction facts need to be gathered before the consultation.
Can this same intake handle related matters like relocation or enforcement disputes?
This catalog is built specifically for UCCJEA jurisdiction questions. Matters that are really about a parent's move-away request or ongoing contempt should route through the Relocation and Move-Away or Enforcement and Contempt intakes instead.
Turn interstate custody uccjea visitors into qualified cases
Give every interstate custody uccjea visitor a guided intake instead of a dead contact form — and get a scored, qualified lead before you book a consultation.