Silva v. Tucker

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case comes before us on appeal from a temporary order of the Family Court issued pursuant to the emergency-jurisdiction provision of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA), G.L. 1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 15-14-4(a)(3)(ii). The facts and travel of the case are as follows.

Shirley Tucker Silva (Shirley) and Ronnie Wayne Tucker (Ronnie or husband) were divorced in Oklahoma in 1979. Shirley was granted custody of their two children subject to the visitation rights of Ronnie. Only the custody of one child, twelve-year-old Chad Clayton Tucker (Chad), is…