Adams v. Bowens

Caplan, Justice:

The sole issue presented on this appeal from a final order of the Circuit Court of Wayne County is whether that court, in the circumstances hereinafter described, has jurisdiction to determine the question of the custody of James Matthew Adams, II. That child was born of the marriage between James Matthew Adams and Judith Helen Adams.

On May 14, 1974 Judith Helen Adams obtained a divorce from her husband, James. At that time both parties were residents of the State of Kentucky. The decree of divorce, entered by the Circuit Court of Boyd County, Kentucky, also granted the…