GLYNN v. MESLIN

No. 87-145 Appeal.

532 A.2d 554 (1987)

Robert Patrick GLYNN v. Jean M. MESLIN.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

October 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell S. Riffkin, Warwick, for plaintiff.

Juan Soez Burgos, Rhode Island Legal Services, Providence, for defendant.


OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This dispute involves an interstate tug of war concerning which one of two single parents will have custody of their four-year-old son. This controversy, which was heard by a Family Court justice, involves certain provisions of G.L. 1956 (1981 Reenactment) chapter 14 of title 15, better known as Rhode Island's version of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA). The father is the appealing party.

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