Stanley v. Stanley

I,WOODARD, Judge.

This is a child custody dispute involving Scott and Dianna Stanley’s only son, Brandon. By an earlier court decree, Dianna had legal custody of Brandon. She remarried and relocated to North Carolina with Brandon and her new husband, notifying Brandon’s father by letter. In December of 1996, she filed a motion in a North Carolina court to have the Louisiana custody decree made the order of that court and to have that state recognized as the exclusive state of jurisdiction for custody matters. In October of 1997, Brandon’s father filed a Rule to Modify Custody and for Contempt…