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IN RE MARRIAGE OF DUNKLEY

No. 44429.

89 Wn.2d 777 (1978)

575 P.2d 1071

In the Matter of the Marriage of JAMES REED DUNKLEY, Respondent, and CAROLYN JEAN CURTIS DUNKLEY, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 9, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cornelius & Cornelius and Dan Evich, for petitioner.

Fredrickson, Maxey & Bell, Inc., Carl Maxey, and David W. Henault, for respondent.

HICKS, J.

This interstate child custody dispute raises the usual conflict of laws questions, along with the usual conflicts in the collective judicial mind. Our conflicts resolved, we determine that California remains the appropriate forum to hear this claim for modification of the custody decree which was entered in favor of Mrs. Dunkley (mother) by the Riverside County Superior Court.

The trial court dismissed Mr. Dunkley's (father's) modification action...

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