JOHNSON v. KEENE

Docket No. 95764.

164 Mich. App. 436 (1987)

417 N.W.2d 524

JOHNSON v. KEENE

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided November 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Services of Eastern Michigan (by Irene Sivavajchaipong and Edward J. Hoort), for plaintiff

Before: SAWYER, P.J., and MacKENZIE and W.J. CAPRATHE, JJ.


SAWYER P.J.

In this case, we are called upon to review the circuit court's refusal to exercise jurisdiction over this child custody dispute pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA), MCL 600.651 et seq.; MSA 27A.651 et seq. We affirm.

Plaintiff and defendant were granted a divorce in 1981 by an Arkansas chancery court. The divorce judgment awarded custody of the child to plaintiff, subject to the reasonable visitation rights...

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