GATCHELL v. RICE


517 P.2d 1198 (1974)

Louis GATCHELL, Respondent, v. Judith Gatchell RICE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided January 21, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Allen, Coos Bay, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.

Roger Gould, Coos Bay, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Bedingfield & Joelson, Coos Bay.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and FOLEY and THORNTON, JJ.


SCHWAB, Chief Judge.

There are two issues in this child custody case: (1) was the trial court required to decide on the merits a motion to modify a custody order entered by the court of another state; and (2) if the trial court was not required to do so, did it abuse its discretion in refusing to do so. We find that the trial court acted correctly in determining that it had the jurisdiction to hear the matter on the merits, but that under the circumstances of this...

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