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HAMP v. HAMP

No. 91 CA 2226.

612 So.2d 810 (1992)

Sherri Hary HAMP v. Charles A. HAMP.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 23, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Phillip Canova, Jr., Plaquemine, for plaintiff-appellant, Charles Hamp and Joyce Hamp.

Charles Cain, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee, Sherri H. Hancock.

Before WATKINS, CRAIN and GONZALES, JJ.

WATKINS, Judge.

This appeal presents the following question: when a Louisiana mother retains physical custody of her child following a visitation in Louisiana, should a Louisiana court decline jurisdiction in an action seeking modification of its own previous decree that awarded custody to the child's father in Texas? We conclude that the Louisiana court should have declined jurisdiction. The trial court, in rejecting defendant...

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