CARPENTER v. CARPENTER


326 Pa.Super. 570 (1984)

474 A.2d 1124

James Henry CARPENTER, III, James Henry Carpenter, Jr., and Evelyn Carpenter, his wife, Appellants, v. Rachel Brink CARPENTER and Bernadette B. Brink.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Caprio, III, Williamsport, for appellants.

John F. Pyfer, Jr., Lancaster, for appellees.

Before SPAETH, President Judge, and BROSKY and HOFFMAN, JJ.


SPAETH, President Judge:

This is a child custody case. The trial court vacated its temporary custody order, and stayed the custody proceeding before it, on the ground that it should defer to a trial court in Massachusetts, which was exercising its jurisdiction to decide custody. We affirm.

Appellant, James Carpenter, III, is the father of two boys, one born September 9, 1981, the other, August 22, 1982. Appellants James Carpenter, Jr., and Evelyn Carpenter...

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