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Following a finding by the Juvenile Court of DeKalb County “Juvenile Court” that his daughter, J. S. J., was deprived, appellant appeals, contending that: 1 Mississippi, not Georgia, retained jurisdiction over the matter pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act “UCCJA”1 and the Parental Kidnaping Prevention Act “PKPA”;2 2 the Juvenile Court erred by failing to transcribe its questioning of J. S. J. in chambers; and 3 the evidence was insufficient to support the finding of deprivation. Because Mississippi, not Georgia, should have retained jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to the UCCJA, we vacate.

The record shows that appellant and J. S. J.’s mother were divorced in Mississippi, where appellant still resides. Pursuant to the Mississippi divorce decree, the mother received primary custody of J. S. J., and appellant was given visitation rights. Subsequently, on April 17, 1999, the Chancery Court of Forrest County, Mississippi “Chancery Court” granted appellant temporary custody of J. S. J., and, on May 25, 2000, the Chancery Court modified its prior custody decree, granting primary custody to appellant. Although the reasons behind this custody modification are not dispositive here, it is significant to note that, in its modification order, the Chancery Court found that “the parties have continued to use the child as a pawn in their ongoing dispute between each other, and . . . both parties have acted in a manner that is detrimental to the child and not in the best interest of the child.”

 
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