Bergh v. Bergh

OPINION

HUSPENI, Judge.

Jill Bergh appeals from a Goodhue County Court order which assumed jurisdiction to modify a North Dakota custody decree. Appellant contends that Minnesota does not have jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA), Minn.Stat. ch. 518A (1984). We affirm.

FACTS

The parties were married in 1983. On September 6, 1985 a North Dakota court dissolved their marriage. The dissolution decree, apparently the result of negotiations between the parties, established joint legal custody, granted physical custody of the parties’ minor child to respondent Hans…