Berry v. Berry

This is a child custody case arising under the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA), 28 U.S.C.A. § 1738A (West Supp. 1984), and the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA), Ala. Code (1975), §§ 30-3-20 to-44. The case concerns two minor children, a male and a female, who have been the subject of custody proceedings in both Alabama and North Carolina.

The parties were married in 1978, and the male child was born in March 1980. After the birth of their son, the parties moved to North Carolina. Subsequently, they separated and the father returned to Alabama to live. The parties' minor…