TUFARES v. WRIGHT

No. 13652.

644 P.2d 522 (1982)

98 N.M. 8

Donna Lee Wright TUFARES, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Charles Pyne WRIGHT, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Singleton & Roberts-Hohl, Sarah M. Singleton, Santa Fe, John W. Reynolds, Silver City, Tim Healy, Ogden, for respondent-appellant.

C.N. Morris, Silver City, for petitioner-appellee.


OPINION

RIORDAN, Justice.

This appeal follows a New Mexico trial court order modifying a Utah district court judgment which granted custody of the two minor children to their father, Charles Wright (father). The Utah proceeding was a modification of a previous New Mexico divorce judgment, which had granted custody to the mother, Donna Lee Tufares (mother). We find that the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980 (PKPA), 28 U.S.C.A. § 1738A (Spec...

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