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MURPHY v. WOERNER

No. S-1820.

748 P.2d 749 (1988)

Randall L. MURPHY, Appellant, v. Mary K. WOERNER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Lerner, Overland Park, Kansas, and Janet D. Platt, Kellicut and Jones, Anchorage, for appellant.

Stuart Cameron Rader, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a superior court decision modifying a Kansas child custody and support order. It raises the question whether Alaska has jurisdiction to modify the Kansas decree under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act and the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Randall Murphy and Mary Woerner were divorced in Kansas in 1981. Under the original decree, Woerner obtained...

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