(a) A court of this state which is
          competent to decide child custody matters has
          jurisdiction to make a child custody
          determination by initial or modification decree
          if:

                (1) This state (A) is the home state of the
          child at the time of commencement of the
          proceeding, or (B) had been the child's home
          state within six months before commencement of
          the proceeding and the child is absent from this
          state because of the child's removal or retention
          by a person claiming the child's custody or for
          other reasons, and a parent or person acting as
          parent continues to live in this state; or

                (2) it is in the best interest of the child
          that a court of this state assume jurisdiction
          because (A) the child and the child's parents, or
          the child and at least one contestant, have a
          significant connection with this state, and (B)
          there is available in this state substantial
          evidence concerning the child's present or future
          care, protection, training, and personal
          relationships; or

                (3) the child is physically present in this
          state and (A) the child has been abandoned or (B)
          it is necessary in an emergency to protect the
          child because the child has been subjected to or
          threatened with mistreatment or abuse or is
          otherwise a child in need of care; or

                (4) (A) it appears that no other state
          would have jurisdiction under prerequisites
          substantially in accordance with paragraphs (1),
          (2), or (3), or another state has declined to
          exercise jurisdiction on the ground that this
          state is the more appropriate forum to determine
          the custody of the child, and

               (B) it is in the best interest of the child
          that this court assume jurisdiction.

                (b) Except under paragraphs (3) and (4) of
          subsection (a), physical presence in this state
          of the child, or of the child and one of the
          contestants, is not alone sufficient to confer
          jurisdiction on a court of this state to make a
          child custody determination.

                (c) Physical presence of the child, while
          desirable, is not a prerequisite for jurisdiction
          to determine the child's custody.

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