PER CURIAM.
Writ granted. The decision of the Court of Appeal is reversed. The trial court has jurisdiction under R.S. 13:1702(A)(3) which grants jurisdiction to Louisiana courts in change of custody cases when the child in question is physically present in this state and has been subjected to mistreatment or abuse which necessitates the exercise of emergency jurisdiction.
Unlike the hypothetical situation described by this court in dicta in Dillon v. Medellin...
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