Lackey v. Lackey

The sole question presented for our review is whether the trial court erred in refusing to grant a military serviceman a stay in custody proceedings pursuant to the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, 50 U.S.C. App. § 501, et seq.

When Bruce Wayne Lackey and Shirley Ann Ebert Lackey were divorced in 1976, custody of their child, Thomas Joseph Lackey, was awarded to the husband. Shortly thereafter, on Lackey’s petition, the juvenile and domestic relations court granted him permission to place his son in the custody of his parents while he was serving in the United States Navy.

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