Boyd v. Boyd

HIGHERS, Judge.

This is a custody case involving the applicability of the Child Custody Act, T.C.A. 36-1301 et seq., in which the parties received a decree of divorce and an award of custody in Tennessee, but wherein the custodial parent, the mother, and the child have been residents of the State of New York since the divorce in 1976.

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The parties were divorced by a final decree entered on February 4,1976, in Davidson County, Tennessee. By its terms the decree awarded the divorce to Melody Victoria Boyd, the natural mother, and also provided that “the exclusive custody and control of the child,…