Hook v. Hook

REED, Justice.

This is a child custody case involving an “interstate child.” The mother was awarded permanent custody in a divorce judgment in a foreign state. The father later moved to Louisville, Kentucky. The mother brought the child to the father. The father, while in possession of the child, brought an action against the mother in the Jefferson Circuit Court to modify the foreign custody order. The mother questioned the jurisdiction of the court. The circuit court held a hearing and on the pleadings, affidavits, and statements of counsel entered an order that it had jurisdiction to…