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§ 3938. Child custody protection
(a) Duration of temporary custody order based on certain deployments
(b) Limitation on consideration of member’s deployment in determination of child’s best interest
(c) No Federal jurisdiction or right of action or removal
(d) Preemption
(e) Deployment defined
In this section, the term “deployment” means the movement or mobilization of a servicemember to a location for a period of longer than 60 days and not longer than 540 days pursuant to temporary or permanent official orders—
(1) that are designated as unaccompanied;
(2) for which dependent travel is not authorized; or
(3) that otherwise do not permit the movement of family members to that location.
(Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title II, § 208, as added