Legal Opinion
McCaffery v. Green
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided February 7, 1997No. S-6705PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
This case presents an issue expressly left undecided in Puhlman v. Turner, 874 P.2d 291 (Alaska 1994): whether an Alaska court which is already exercising jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant on custody and visitation issues under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act may also exercise personal jurisdiction over that defendant on child support issues.
II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
A Texas court issued a final decree divorcing Kerri MeCaffery and David Green on June 29,1987. Under the decree, Kerri was given legal and physical custody of their three…
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