In re Marriage of Payne

Heather Payne appeals the trial court’s refusal to revise a superior court commissioner’s declination of jurisdiction over her action to dissolve her marriage to David Payne. The court in both instances found the State of Virginia to be a more convenient forum because of its significant contacts with the Paynes’ two children. We affirm.

David and Heather Payne1 were married on May 19, 1990. The parties’ first child, Melanie Ryan Payne, was born in Virginia on August 12, 1990. Their second child, Austin Montana Payne, was born in Virginia on November 3, 1991.

At a March 3, 1993 hearing in…