Legal Opinion
Noordin v. Abdulla
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided November 14, 1997No. 21565-9-IIPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHunt, J.
— Datin Laila Abdulla (Ms. Abdulla) appeals *749an emergency habeas corpus order granting custody of her son, R., to his father, Dato Paduka Noordin (Mr. Noordin), based on a prior custody decree of the Muslim Shari’a Court of the Philippines. The trial court denied Ms. Abdulla’s request for a continuance to obtain a certified copy1 of an order of the Philippine Regional Court for Pasig City (the Regional Court), a suburb of Manila, which held that the Shari’a Court lacked jurisdiction.
We reverse and remand.
FACTS2
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Marriage — Philippines and British Columbia
Mr. Noordin and Ms. Abdulla each seek…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Carroll v. JunkerWashington Supreme Court · 1971
- May v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- New York Ex Rel. Halvey v. HalveySupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, & Pacific Railroad v. Washington State Human Rights CommissionWashington Supreme Court · 1976
- Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. TremblaySupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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3Cited by11 opinions
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