Caskey v. Pickett

Frank Holt, Justice.

This case involves the question of whether an Arkansas court has jurisdiction to modify a custody decree of a Texas court under our Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, Ark. Stat. Ann. § 34-2701 et. seq. (Supp. 1981), Act 91 of 1979, when the Texas court has continuing jurisdiction over the custody of the child. The chancellor held he had jurisdiction and modified the decree by changing the custody of the child from the appellant to the appellee, granting appellant certain visitation rights. For reversal the appellant asserts that the chancellor lacked jurisdiction to…