State Ex Rel. Cooper v. Hamilton

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

This case involves an interstate custody dispute, and the question presented is whether the trial court in Tennessee properly exercised jurisdiction to modify a previous custody award made in Indiana.

The trial court held that jurisdiction existed and modified the visitation provisions of the Indiana decree.

The Court of Appeals reversed. We agree with the results reached by that court, but for different reasons.

The essential facts are undisputed. There are some conflicts in the testimony, but for the most part these do not touch the jurisdictional issues.

The parties…