Thomas v. Avant

Appellant Cynthia Brown Thomas appeals the order of the Clark County Circuit Court finding that it had continuing exclusive jurisdiction and that venue was proper in that court in a child-custody matter between Thomas and Appellee James W. Avant. Specifically, Thomas alleges that the trial court no longer had jurisdiction of the matter because under the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), codified at Ark. Code Ann. §§ 9-19-101 to -401 (Repl. 2002), Oklahoma, the state in which she and her minor child, T.B., now reside, is the home state for purposes of…