GLANZNER v. STATE, DSS

Nos. 59151, 60773.

835 S.W.2d 386 (1992)

Keith GLANZNER, Respondent, v. STATE of Missouri, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, DIVISION OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT, Appellant. In re CUSTODY OF Bradley Carl GLANZNER. Suzanne E. GLANZNER, Petitioner, v. Keith M. GLANZNER, Gary Glanzner, and Paula Glanzner, Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Writ Division Six.

Application to Transfer Denied September 22, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis G. Hanrahan, Jefferson City, Dewey S. Godfrey, Jr., St. Louis, for appellant.

Allan F. Stewart, Clayton, for respondent.


GRIMM, Judge.

In this case of first impression, we are called upon to resolve conflicting child custody decrees from California and Missouri. The California decree granted custody to mother; a later Missouri decree granted custody to father. Under the federal Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA), we are required to hold that the California decree is not entitled to interstate enforcement because Missouri was the child's "home state." We therefore deny mother...

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