DUFFY v. REEVES

No. 91-590-Appeal.

619 A.2d 1094 (1993)

Peter G. DUFFY v. Wendy B. REEVES.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

February 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick T. Conley, Jr., Lynch & Greenfield, Providence, Paul Pederzani, III, Warwick, for plaintiff.

Arthur Read, Gorham & Gorham, Providence, for defendant.


OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case comes before us on appeal from the Family Court's exercise of jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, G.L. 1956 (1988 Reenactment) chapter 14 of title 15 (UCCJA), over a custody dispute between the two parties. We are called upon to review the assumption of jurisdiction by the Family Court under the emergency-jurisdiction procedure of the UCCJA, § 15-14-4(a)(3)(ii). The relevant facts are...

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