JOHNSON v. JOHNSON

Record No. 2200-96-4.

493 S.E.2d 668 (1997)

26 Va. App. 135

Anne Franzen JOHNSON v. Thomas Arthur JOHNSON.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

December 9, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Crouch (John Crouch; Crouch & Crouch, on briefs), Arlington, for appellant.

James Ray Cottrell, Alexandria (Christopher W. Schinstock, Covington; Gannon, Cottrell & Ward, P.C., on brief), for appellee.

Present: FITZPATRICK, C.J., ELDER and ANNUNZIATA, JJ.


FITZPATRICK, Chief Judge.

Anne F. Johnson (mother) appeals the trial court's decision granting sole custody of Amanda Johnson (child) to Thomas A. Johnson (father). Mother argues that the trial court erred in: (1) finding that it had jurisdiction to modify its prior custody order; (2) refusing to defer the exercise of jurisdiction over the custody of Amanda to the Swedish courts; and (3) finding mother in contempt. We hold that the trial court properly exercised its...

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