In Re the Marriage of Lloyd

¶ 1 Petitioner Davie Lin Lloyd (Davie) appeals an order of the District Court declining transfer of jurisdiction over the parties’ child custody proceeding to Kentucky. The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the court correctly determined that Montana has continuing jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody and Jurisdiction Enforcement Act (UCCJEA).

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶2 Davie and Brett Lloyd (Brett) were married in Billings, Montana, on January 2,1997, and are the parents of one minor child, M.K.L. On September 10, 2004, the Thirteenth Judicial District Court issued a…