Barndt v. Barndt

KELLY, Judge:

Appellant, Kathleen Barndt, appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia County. The order granted primary physical custody of her sons, Michael and Kristopher, to their father, Joel Barndt, thus modifying a prior decree issued in North Dakota which had granted the appellant primary physical custody. While the appeal rais*324es questions of substantive error, the sole issue addressed in this opinion is whether the courts of Pennsylvania had subject matter jurisdiction to hear the modification petition of the appellee.

Initially, we consider whether subject matter…