STELLUTO v. STELLUTO

No. 2005-CC-0074.

914 So.2d 34 (2005)

Becky Bouton STELLUTO v. Donald Louis STELLUTO.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard & Reed, D. Douglas Howard, Jr., Danyelle Marie Taylor, for Applicant.

Lowe, Stein, Hoffman, Allweiss & Hauver, David M. Prados, Robert C. Lowe, New Orleans, Mitchell J. Hoffman, for Respondent.


CALOGERO, Chief Justice.

This case arises out of the parties' divorce and attendant efforts to obtain custody of their infant daughter. Applying the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Law ("UCCJL"), La.Rev.Stat. 13:1700 et seq., we must decide whether Louisiana possessed a "significant connection" with the child sufficient to confer subject matter jurisdiction to determine custody by virtue of the mother's status as a Louisiana native and the child's one-week...

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