Legal Opinion
Pitts v. Sutter
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided September 23, 1981No. Civ. 2505-XPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This appeal by Percy Pitts, the father, involves Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act proceedings which were filed in the Circuit Court of Mobile County by the mother to enforce a Massachusetts court judgment, which granted to her the custody of the minor child of the parties, Chris.
Further references to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act shall be either as UCCJA or the uniform act, and Alabama's version, which is essentially a carbon copy of the uniform act, shall be referred to as the act. 9 U.L.A. 116 (Master ed. 1979); 1980 Ala. Acts, No. 80-92.
The parties were divorced in 1971…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- New York Ex Rel. Halvey v. HalveySupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Brooks v. BrooksCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1975
- Wenz v. SchwartzeMontana Supreme Court · 1979
- Ingalls v. HareSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957
- Rexford v. RexfordAlaska Supreme Court · 1980
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Mitchell v. MitchellCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1983
- Moore v. PerezCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1983
- Ex Parte LeeCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1983
- Bliss v. BlissDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
- Bloodgood v. WhighamCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1981
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