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STATE EX REL. COOPER v. HAMILTON

688 S.W.2d 821 (1985)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Robert COOPER, Jr., Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Cynthia L. Cooper HAMILTON, Defendant/Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

April 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William O. Shults, Newport, for plaintiff-appellee.

William M. Leibrock, Newport, for defendant-appellant.

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

This case involves an interstate custody dispute, and the question presented is whether the trial court in Tennessee properly exercised jurisdiction to modify a previous custody award made in Indiana.

The trial court held that jurisdiction existed and modified the visitation provisions of the Indiana decree.

The Court of Appeals reversed. We agree with the results reached by that court, but for different reasons...

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