California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Morrisette v. Superior Court In and For Kern County, 236 Cal.App.2d 597, 46 Cal.Rptr. 153 (Cal. App. 1965):
'The rule making exclusive the jurisdiction first acquired is particularly apposite to prevent unseemly conflict between courts that might arise if they were free to make contradictory custody awards at the same time.'
In Taylor v. Superior Court, 47 Cal.2d 148, 149, 301 P.2d 866, 867, it is said:
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