CATA v. McKNIGHT

No. 14584.

401 So.2d 1221 (1981)

Phyllis McKnight CATA, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. William Arthur McKNIGHT, Defendant-Relator.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kostelka, Swearingen & Street by C. Daniel Street, Monroe, for defendant-relator.

Bruscato, Loomis & Deal by Anthony J. Bruscato, Monroe, for plaintiff-respondent.

Before PRICE, HALL and MARVIN, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

We have been ordered to render a decision on the merits of this writ application concerning the correctness of the trial court's ruling under the Uniform Child Custody Act (LRS 13:1700 et seq.). We had earlier denied writs to the trial court's decline of jurisdiction under § 1706. The trial court determined that Louisiana was an inconvenient forum and refused jurisdiction of the husband's challenge to an out of state custody judgment granted the...

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