RSA 458-A:12 Initial Child-Custody Jurisdiction.

I. Except as otherwise provided in RSA 458-A:15, a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial child-custody determination only if:
(a) This state is the home state of the child on the date of the commencement of the proceeding, or was the home state of the child within 6 months before the commencement of the proceeding and the child is absent from this state but a parent or person acting as a parent continues to live in this state.
(b) A court of another state does not have jurisdiction under subparagraph (a), or a court of the home state of the child has declined to exercise jurisdiction on the ground that this state is the more appropriate forum under RSA 458-A:18 or RSA 458-A:19, and:
(1) The child and the child's parents, or the child and at least