McCormack v. Lemond

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Petitioner-appellant Jeanene McCormack (Mother) appeals a judgment declaring that respondent-appellee Earl Lemond (Father) is entitled to the physical custody of their daughter, Michelle Lemond.

The factual picture presented to this court displays a paradigm for the issue of whether the exercise of jurisdiction to modify a foreign custody decree pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Law, Ind.Code 31-1-11.6-1 et seq., 1 is proper. The volunteered findings by the court below together with the relevant portions of the record reveal the following sequence of events.…