Campbell v. Tardio

Mother challenges the trial court’s exercise of jurisdiction and its award of custody to father. We affirm, finding jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), ORS 109.701 to 109.771, and no error in the award of custody.

Those facts that determine jurisdiction are undisputed. The parties’ child was born on July 19, 2005, while they lived in Oregon. They had an “on-again, off-again” relationship and did not marry. In late February 2006, mother and father stipulated to an Oregon judgment providing father with sole custody of the child and assuring…