Chamberlin v. Chamberlin

GENOVESE, Judge.

| t At issue in this appeal is whether Louisiana has jurisdiction to make an initial determination of child custody in light of the mother’s allegation that Texas, not Louisiana, is the home state of the minor child. After the trial court entered judgment in May 2014 granting the father sole custody of the minor child, the mother filed the instant appeal wherein she contests the trial court’s October 2012 ruling that Louisiana has subject matter jurisdiction to decide custody. The mother argues that the trial court erred in ruling that Louisiana is the home state of the minor…