(a) The Legislature finds that it was its original intent in the adoption of the Alabama Juvenile Justice Act (Act 2008-277) for a juvenile court to retain continuing jurisdiction in all cases in its jurisdiction to the extent provided by law. Act 2012-383 is curative and shall apply retroactively to ratify and confirm the exercise of continuing jurisdiction of the juvenile court to modify and enforce a judgment in cases filed in juvenile court on or after January 1, 2009, and prior to May 14, 2012. Any order of a juvenile court issued while exercising jurisdiction pursuant to this subsection during this time shall be deemed valid.
(b) Nothing in Act 2012-383 shall affect the jurisdiction of the circuit courts over any custody, visitation, or support issues, or enforcement or modification of the same issues, that a circuit court exercised in cases filed on or after January 1, 2009, and prior to May 14, 2012.
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