McCaffery v. Green

931 P.2d 407 (1997)

Kerri Ann (Green) McCAFFERY, Appellant,

v.

David Eric GREEN, Appellee.

No. S-6705.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 7, 1997.

Zane D. Wilson, A. Rene Broker, Cook Schuhmann & Groseclose, Inc., Fairbanks, for Appellant.

David E. Green, Wilsonville, OR, pro se.

Before COMPTON, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH and FABE, JJ.

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…