Legal Opinion
Marita Rogers v. Alan Platt and Kathy Platt
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 24, 1987No. 86-7011PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:
This case stems from an interstate child custody dispute that has given rise to conflicting rulings of the courts of the State of California and the District of Columbia, both of which purport to assert jurisdiction consistent with the Parental Kidnaping Prevention Act. Pub.L. No. 96-611, 94 Stat. 3569 (1980), codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1738A (1982) (“PKPA”). After the rulings, the federal district court in the District of Columbia entertained an action to declare which of the two “state” courts had “jurisdiction under the PKPA”1 and held that the California court had…
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3Cited by29 opinions
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