MacDougall v. Acres

This case involves an interstate custody dispute between parents of a child named Jessica. The issue on appeal is whether the Probate and Family Court (Massachusetts court) has subject matter jurisdiction over the mother’s complaint for modification of custody. The child’s father sought to have the mother’s complaint for modification dismissed in the Massachusetts court, claiming that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction. His motion to dismiss was denied. A single justice of this court subsequently issued an order denying the father’s complaint for relief pursuant to G. L. c. 211, §…