Shepherd v. Shepherd

INGRAM, Presiding Judge.

This case concerns the application of the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980 (28 U.S.C.A. § 1738A (West.Supp. 1986)) (PKPA). The father filed a petition for writ of mandamus requesting this court to order the Circuit Court of Marion County (Alabama) to dismiss his wife’s divorce action and defer jurisdiction to Michigan. The father contends that Alabama lacks jurisdiction to entertain the wife’s divorce action in that a proceeding for divorce and custody is already pending in Michigan.

At the outset, we note that mandamus is a drastic and extraordinary writ and,…