Legal Opinion
Matter of Custody of Ross
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided June 30, 1981No. 7 UCCJ, CA 15346, SC 27261PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeterson, J.
This case involves the abduction and subsequent concealment of a child by her father in anticipation of pending divorce proceedings in Montana, in order to obtain de facto custody and exclude the mother from any custody. When the present custody action was commenced in May, 1979, the child was a little over three years of age; at the time of her abduction by her father, she was 19 months old. The case squarely presents the problem of determining the jurisdictional limitations that ORS 109.840 — section 14 of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (The UCCJA, or, herein, the “Act”) —…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Hawkins v. HawkinsOregon Supreme Court · 1972
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