[1] The UCCJEA has since been adopted by 49 U.S. States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The UCCJEA corrects these problems and adds uniform procedures to register and enforce child custody orders across state lines.
The UCCJEA, which was designed to prevent forum shopping, prevents her attempt by protecting an issuing court's jurisdiction that made an initial child custody determination unless: ..." or... the child's parents, and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in this state".
For most practical purposes, that means that jurisdiction to modify those orders will most likely not be in Texas, but, rather, in the state where the children and at least one parent have taken up residence (here, Mississippi).
A state that does not otherwise have jurisdiction may enter a temporary emergency order if the child is in danger and needs immediate protection.
If there is no previous child custody order in existence, the emergency court's order will remain in effect until a determination is made in a court having "home state" jurisdiction over the child.