Lewis v. Lewis

Defendant appeals by leave granted from an order of the Allegan Circuit Court establishing the court’s jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (uccja), MCL 600.651 et seq.; MSA 27A.651 et seq.

Plaintiff and defendant were married in Florida on October 21, 1979. James Chad Lewis was born on August 21, 1980. Sarah Leann Lewis was born on December 20, 1982. On May 21, 1984, plaintiff, pregnant with her third child, traveled to Michigan with the parties’ two children to visit her sick father. Plaintiff did not return to Florida and on June 11, 1984, she filed a complaint for…