Butler v. Grant

HARTNETT, Justice.

In this appeal we consider whether the Family Court, pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, 2 - has continuing subject matter jurisdiction over the custody of a minor child, although the child and her mother have left Delaware.

Respondent-Below, Appellant, the Mother, contends that the Delaware Family Court no longer has continuing jurisdiction to consider the custody of her minor child because she and the child have made Connecticut their home state for almost three years and have registered in Connecticut the Delaware Family Court’s 1995 Modification of…