Etter v. Etter

The questions presented on this appeal are whether, pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, Md. Ann. Code art. 16, §§ 184-207, (Supp. 1978), the Circuit Court for Howard County (Fischer, J.) had jurisdiction, and properly exercised it, to resolve a custody dispute involving a child whose home had been with his father in Dover, Delaware. On the basis of the facts and circumstances disclosed in the record, and the provisions of the Act, we hold that the court was correct in exercising jurisdiction over the controversy.

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In November 1977, Judy Carole Etter, after years of marital…