In re the Marriage of Phillips

CROW, Chief Judge.

Alan David Phillips (“Alan”) appeals from a judgment denying his “First Amended Request to Assume Jurisdiction Pursuant to Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act and Modify Decrees of Dissolution.” His two assignments of error require an abbreviated history of the litigation between the parties.

In October, 1980, Alan and his then wife, Lucia Maria Phillips (“Lucia”), from whom Alan was separated, were residing in Fair-fax County, Virginia. A “Property Settlement Agreement” signed by them October 4, 1980, provided, among other things, that Lucia was to have custody of the…