ROCISSONO v. SPYKES

No. 99-114.

749 A.2d 592 (2000)

Tressa ROCISSONO v. Michael SPYKES.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

January 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold B. Stevens and Heather S. Bowman of Stevens Law Office, Stowe, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Sharon Green of Williams and Green, P.C., Morrisville, for Defendant-Appellee.

Present AMESTOY, C.J., and DOOLEY, MORSE, JOHNSON and SKOGLUND, JJ.


DOOLEY, J.

Plaintiff Tressa Rocissono (mother) appeals the family court's refusal to assume jurisdiction over the parties' custody dispute concerning their two children. We vacate the court's decision and remand the matter for further proceedings.

Mother and defendant Michael Spykes (father) were married in 1985 and divorced in 1994. Their North Carolina divorce decree gave mother primary custody of the parties' two children, a girl born in November 1985 and...

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