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MIDDLETON v. MIDDLETON

Record Nos. 822080, 822102.

314 S.E.2d 362 (1984)

Sheila J. MIDDLETON v. Brian C. MIDDLETON. Herbert Lee LYONS v. Margaret Verity Flower LYONS.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 9, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald K. Butler, Arlington (Morano & Butler, Arlington, on brief), for appellant in Record No. 822080.

B. VanDenburg Hall, Fairfax, for appellee in Record No. 822080.

Bruno A. Ristau, Washington, D.C. (Gordon P. Peyton; Peyton, Prendergast & Shapiro, Ltd.; Alexandria, Kaplan, Russin & Vecchi, Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellant in Record No. 822102.

Robert G. Culin, Jr., Arlington (Betty A. Thompson, Ltd., Arlington, on brief), for appellee in Record No. 822102.

Before CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and THOMAS, JJ.

COMPTON, Justice.

These cases, each involving an international child custody dispute, afford us the first opportunity to apply the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA), Code §§ 20-125 through 146, which became effective January 1, 1980, Acts 1979, ch. 229.

In Middleton, the dispositive question is whether the trial court properly exercised jurisdiction over the issue of child custody, ruling that Virginia and not England was a more...

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