Officer v. Blankenship

JONES, JUDGE:

The central issue in this appeal is whether the parties had the ability to vest the Warren Family Court with jurisdiction to adjudicate the custody of their two minor *451children under Kentucky's Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act ("UCCJEA") by agreeing that Kentucky qualified as the children's home state. The Appellant, Heidi Jill Officer, the children's mother, asserts that the Warren Family Court never had the authority to adjudicate custody notwithstanding the parties' property settlement agreement designating Kentucky as the children's home state, and that…