Norfolk County Circuit Court April 9, 1982, Case No. C81-506 (Dalot v. Dalot)

By JUDGE EDWARD L. RYAN, JR.

The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act must be considered as remedial in nature. Annot. "Validity, Construction, and Application of U.C.C.J.A.," 96 A.L.R.3d 968. Remedial acts should be liberally construed. 17 M.J., Statutes, § 72. "A uniform law which is remedial in nature should be liberally construed." 73 Am. Jur. 2d, Statutes, § 338.