Steele v. Steele

Gregory, Justice.

We granted this application under Code Ann. § 6-701.1 to consider the jurisdictional questions this case presents under our Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, Code Ann. Ch. 74-5.

The parties were married in Alabama in 1977 and moved to Wisconsin where Mr. Steele worked as an attorney and Mrs. Steele as a school teacher. In 1978 the parties underwent a trial separation, but they reconciled, and Mrs. Steele gave birth to a son, Edward Clare Steele, in May 1979. In November of 1979, Mr. Steele filed for divorce in the Wisconsin courts, and Mrs. Steele was awarded temporary…