Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Blanton

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 11, 1985No. 83-1111PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This case requires an interpretation of the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (P.K.P.A.), 28 U.S.C.A. § 1738A (West Supp. 1984), and Alabama's version of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (U.C.C.J.A.), Code 1975, § 30-3-20, et seq.

The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, 463 So.2d 158, found the following facts to be pertinent:

"The husband serves as a member of the U.S. Coast Guard. His domicile is in Florida. The parties were married in 1971. In 1979, in the course of the husband's military service, the parties moved to New Orleans, Louisiana.
"In March 1982, the parties separated and…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Life Insurance Company of Georgia v. MillerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
  2. Mitchell v. MitchellCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1983
  3. Flannery v. StephensonCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1982
  4. Peterson v. PetersonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
  5. Salisbury v. SalisburyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1983

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Ex Parte J.R.W.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1994
  2. Dahlen v. DahlenNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Martinez v. ReedDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1985
  4. In re B.B.R.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. Ex Parte U.S. Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1988

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