Opinion ID: 2995350
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Heading: Ill Comp. Stat. 35/4; Levy v. Levy, 434 N.E.2d

Text: 400, 403 (Ill. App. Ct. 1982). We note that federal law follows the same approach as the UCCJA, requiring that states afford full faith and credit to those custody determinations made by a state having certain specified connections with the child or controversy. See Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA), 28 U.S.C. sec. 1738A. Recognition of another state’s order, under the UCCJA, is also limited to those deter- minations made after prejudgment notice to out- of-state parents and other specified parties. See Unif. Child Cust. Jur. Act sec. 13 cmt., 9 U.L.A. 13. The minimal notice to out-of-state parties is 10 days in Illinois, 750 Ill. Comp. Stat. 35/6, and (at the time the order was entered in this case) 20 days in New Mexico. N.M. Stat. Ann. 40-10-6(a) (replaced by Unif. Child Cust. Jur. & Enf. Act (UCCJEA), N.M. Stat. Ann. 40-10A-108, effective July 1, 2001). Compare PKPA, 28 U.S.C. sec. 1738A(e) (requiring reasonable notice). /7 By contrast, the more recent Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) provides a streamlined enforcement procedure whereby notice of registration is sent to certain interested parties, and the out-of-state order confirmed as a matter of law if those parties entitled to notice do not contest registration within a specified period. See Unif. Child Cust. Jur. & Enf. Act sec. 305, 9 U.L.A. 692-93 (1999). Illinois has not enacted the UCCJEA.