DILLON v. MEDELLIN

No. 81-C-2012.

409 So.2d 570 (1982)

Patricia A. DILLON v. Hector MEDELLIN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 25, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Smith Knobloch of Knobloch & Knobloch, Thibodaux, for plaintiff-applicant.

Harry F. Cabral, Jr. of Cabral & Cabral, Metairie, for defendant-respondent.


CALOGERO, Justice.

In this case, a woman who has lived in Louisiana with her child for over two years petitioned the district court in Thibodaux, Louisiana on September 5,1980 to enforce a custody decree in her favor rendered in the State of Texas on May 26, 1977. She sought enforcement under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, La.R.S. 13:1714(A).

When the Texas-residing father filed a declinatory exception of lack of subject matter jurisdiction in...

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