PALTROW v. PALTROW

[No. 112, September Term, 1977.]

283 Md. 291 (1978)

388 A.2d 547

MERLE H. PALTROW v. KENNETH C. PALTROW

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Levin for appellant.

Alan I. Baron, with whom were Ann M. Turnbull and Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE, ORTH and COLE, JJ.


COLE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

We are asked to deny full faith and credit to a decree from a foreign court in order that the Circuit Court for Baltimore County may entertain a petition for child custody filed by a Maryland resident. We decline to do so and shall explain.

Marle and Kenneth Paltrow, appellant and appellee, were divorced in Oregon on September 1, 1972, with Mrs. Paltrow being awarded custody...

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