PIERCE v. PIERCE

No. 81-445.

640 P.2d 899 (1982)

Elizabeth Scott PIERCE, Petitioner and Respondent, v. Bruce Carroll PIERCE, Respondent and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided February 11, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Datsopoulos, MacDonald & Lind, Missoula, for respondent and appellant.

Milodragovich, Dale & Dye, Missoula, for petitioner and respondent.


MORRISON, Justice.

On September 7, 1979, the Circuit Court of Franklin County, Kentucky, decreed that the marriage of Bruce Carroll Pierce and Elizabeth Scott Pierce be dissolved and that Elizabeth Pierce be given custody of the parties' six year old son, Jeremy. This appeal results from a decision by the Missoula County District Court that under federal and state law it lacked jurisdiction to modify that child custody determination.

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