Cricenti v. Weiland

In the recent case of MacDougall v. Acres, 427 Mass. 363, 371 (1998), the Supreme Judicial Court held that a Massachusetts judgment incorporating an agreement of the parties that the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court would retain jurisdiction over custody matters was ineffective by reason of G. L. c. 209B, the Massachusetts Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (MCCJA), and 28 U.S.C. § 1738A (1988), the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA). We hold that, in this case, *786too, these statutory provisions require reversal of the judgment entered by a Massachusetts Probate judge, who, relying on…