Benson v. Benson

MITCHELL, Judge.

■The defendant assigns as error the trial court’s actions in conducting a hearing and awarding custody of the minor child to the plaintiff. In support of this assignment, the defendant contends that her action was commenced in Anson County prior to the commencement of this action and vested exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the child custody proceeding in Anson County. We agree.

No other actions concerning the matters raised in this action were pending at the time the defendant filed her complaint commencing her action against the plaintiff in Anson County. The defendant’s…