Nordike v. Nordike

Opinion of the Court by

Justice NOBLE.

This case is on discretionary review of the Court of Appeals’ decision affirming the Warren Circuit Family Court’s denial of a motion to take jurisdiction over a foreign child support decree. For reasons other than those stated by either of the lower courts, the Court of Appeals is affirmed.

I. Background

Bonnie Jean Holcomb (formerly Nor-dike) and Michael D. Nordike were married and lived for a number of years in Kansas, where Nordike was stationed in the military. During that time, they had one child, a daughter. A divorce decree was entered in Sedgwick…