CASTLEBERRY v. CASTLEBERRY

No. 58414.

541 So.2d 457 (1989)

Linda CASTLEBERRY v. William Hayden CASTLEBERRY.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory D. Keenum, Keenum & Keenum, Booneville, for appellant.

Billy N. Owen, Langston & Langston, Booneville, for appellee.

BEFORE HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.


PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

The issue of this case addresses an emergency child custody modification of a Mississippi decree under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdictional Act. The children had changed their home state residence to California with their mother since the original decree, but were visiting their Mississippi father when the petition was filed. This Court holds that the Mississippi Court had subject matter jurisdiction to hear the petition because...

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