ALBERGOTTIE v. JAMES

No. 82-58.

470 A.2d 266 (1983)

Jacqueline ALBERGOTTIE, Appellant, v. Henry JAMES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane M. Brenneman, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Kenneth A. Vance, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Nancy D. Polikoff, Washington, D.C., Phyllis Gelman, and Judith I. Avner, New York City, were on brief for amici curiae Women's Legal Defense Fund, Nat. Center on Women and Family Law, Inc., and NOW Legal Defense and Educ. Fund, urging reversal.

Before NEBEKER and BELSON, Associate Judges, and YEAGLEY, Associate Judge, Retired.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant mother seeks reversal of an order of the Superior Court, Family Division, which awarded custody of the parties' son to appellee father. As an initial matter appellant contends that the trial court erred in failing to decline jurisdiction of this proceeding. Alternatively, appellant contends that even if the court properly exercised jurisdiction, the court erred in considering appellee's gender and better financial situation as factors in determining...

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