Legal Opinion
Ann C. Meade v. Frank O. Meade
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 3, 1987No. 86-1574PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
This case involves conflicting child custody orders entered by the states of Virginia and North Carolina. The United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina applied the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980, 28 U.S.C. § 1738A (PKPA), designed by Congress expressly to resolve such conflicts, and concluded that the Virginia order was entitled to enforcement by the courts of North Carolina under principles of Full Faith and Credit. Appellant Ann Meade appeals that final order, contending that the district court misapplied the…
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