Legal Opinion
G.S. v. Ewing
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 16, 1990No. 74261PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAUGER, Justice.
The two issues presented are: 1) whether an Oklahoma court, having rendered the original divorce decree, has jurisdiction to modify custody if the non-custodial parent resides in Oklahoma, but Oklahoma is not the child’s “home state” within the meaning of 10 O.S.1981 § 1604;1 and 2) if the trial court was correct in hearing the cause, should it have refused to exercise jurisdiction because Oklahoma is an inconvenient forum. We find that: 1) an Oklahoma court which renders a divorce decree retains continuing jurisdiction to modify custody pursuant to 10 O.S.1981 § 16162 if…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Lawson v. Suwannee Fruit & Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Chamberlin v. ChamberlinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1986
- Gary McDougald Cross-Appellant v. Vivian L. Jenson, Cross-Appellee, Clarence Ehli, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Kumar v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1982
- Fry v. BallSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Pierce v. PierceSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2001
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- In Re Interest of LWNebraska Supreme Court · 1992
- Marquiss v. MarquissWyoming Supreme Court · 1992
- Draper v. RobertsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1992
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