Marriage of Alpert Hammerline

Appellant Kenneth J. Alpert appeals from an order of the Fourth Judicial District Court, Ravalli County, entered on July 24, 1992, which modified the parties’ original divorce decree in regard to visitation rights and denied an award of attorney fees. We reverse.

The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the District Court had jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act to hear and determine respondent Terri Hameline’s motion for visitation rights.

Kenneth and Terri’s ten-year marriage was dissolved by order of the Fourth Judicial District Court on January 17, 1990. At the…