Legal Opinion
In re B.B.R.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 2, 1989No. 88-529PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
The issue in this case is whether the courts of the District of Columbia or of California are to determine the future of a four-year-old boy born of a mother in California but who has resided since he was two days old with a married couple in the District, despite the California mother’s repeated calls for his return to her. Couched in the language of the law, the issue we must decide is whether the District of Columbia courts have jurisdiction under a federal statute, the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980 (the “PKPA” or the “Act”), 28 U.S.C. § 1738A (1982),…
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