WACHTER v. WACHTER

No. 83-CA-265.

439 So.2d 1260 (1983)

Robert WACHTER v. Angela WACHTER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

October 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard K. Fisher, Jr., Boutte, for appellant.

Randy O. Lewis, Luling, for appellee.

Before CHEHARDY, KLIEBERT and CURRAULT, JJ.


CHEHARDY, Judge.

In this dispute over child custody, the mother appeals from a judgment awarding temporary custody to the father. At issue are the enforcement of a prior New Jersey judgment awarding custody to the mother, and the jurisdiction of the Louisiana court to decide custody, under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act. We affirm the district court's judgment in part, and set it aside in part.

The following facts are relevant to the jurisdictional...

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