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MATTER OF CUSTODY OF ROSS

No. 7 UCCJ; CA 15346; SC 27261.

630 P.2d 353 (1981)

291 Or. 263

In the matter of the Custody of Jennifer Lynn Ross, a Minor Child. Paolina Grubs, Petitioner, v. CLYDE E. ROSS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided June 30, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leeroy O. Ehlers, Pendleton, argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Gary R. Luisi, Hermiston, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

PETERSON, Justice.

This case involves the abduction and subsequent concealment of a child by her father in anticipation of pending divorce proceedings in Montana, in order to obtain de facto custody and exclude the mother from any custody. When the present custody action was commenced in May, 1979, the child was a little over three years of age; at the time of her abduction by her father, she was 19 months old. The case squarely presents the problem of determining...

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