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STEWART v. VULLIET

No. 12S02-0708-CV-331.

888 N.E.2d 761 (2008)

Anthony N. STEWART, Appellant (Respondent below), v. Signe L. (Stewart) VULLIET, Appellee (Petitioner below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

June 24, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Stone IV, Anderson, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Nancy L. Cross, Monty K. Woolsey, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellee.

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

An expectant mother filed divorce and custody proceedings in Indiana and thereafter moved to Washington state, where she gave birth. After litigating her case in Indiana for more than two years, she filed a motion asserting inconvenient forum. We hold that the trial court acted within its discretion in dismissing the child custody proceeding, in favor of Washington as a more convenient forum.

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