CASKEY v. PICKETT

No. 81-154.

625 S.W.2d 473 (1981)

Carolyn Ann Pickett CASKEY, Appellant, v. Jerry D. PICKETT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry C. Morris, Queen, for appellant.

Michael Castleman, Nashville, for appellee.


HOLT, Justice.

This case involves the question of whether an Arkansas court has jurisdiction to modify a custody decree of a Texas court under our Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, Ark.Stat.Ann. § 34-2701 et. seq. (Supp. 1981), Act 91 of 1979, when the Texas court has continuing jurisdiction over the custody of the child. The chancellor held he had jurisdiction and modified the decree by changing the custody of the child from the appellant to the appellee...

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