VIA v. JOHNSTON

Civ. 5991.

521 So.2d 1324 (1987)

Scott VIA v. Mary Jane JOHNSTON (Via).

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied November 13, 1987.

Certiorari Denied April 1, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. John Dezenberg, Jr., of Higgs & Conchin, Huntsville, for appellant.

Dinah W. Petree of Hornsby, Blankenship, Robinson & Meginniss, Huntsville, for appellee.


Alabama Supreme Court 87-260.

INGRAM, Judge.

This appeal involves an interstate child custody case requiring application of the Parental Kidnaping Prevention Act of 1980 (28 U.S.C.A. § 1738A (West.Supp.1986)) (PKPA).

The mother and father were married and divorced in the State of Indiana. The original Indiana divorce decree awarded custody of the minor child to the mother. The father remains in Indiana, and the mother and child now reside in Alabama...

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