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BUCHANAN v. MALONE

No. 14850.

415 So.2d 259 (1982)

Janice Ellen Muller BUCHANAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Billy Joseph MALONE, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 5, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Settle & Nesbitt by B. Woodrow Nesbitt, Jr., Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

Pringle & Herzog by R. Perry Pringle, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PRICE, MARVIN and SEXTON, JJ.

PRICE, Judge.

In this case of first impression under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (La.R.S. 13:1700 et seq.), the main issue to be decided is whether the trial court erred in refusing to convert a habeas corpus proceeding into a hearing on the merits for a change of custody. Based upon a valid foreign custody decree, the court granted the writ and ordered the children returned to the nonresident custodial parent. We affirm.

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