Legal Opinion
J.J. v. B.A.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 18, 2013No. 11-FM-1309PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Senior Judge:
J.J. appeals from a civil protection order (CPO) entered against her by the trial court on September 15, 2011, at the request of B.A., who at that time was her estranged husband. Because, in our view, *723the CPO was entered in contravention of the Full Faith and Credit Clause of Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution and was also contrary to familiar notions of comity, we reverse.
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The parties are the parents of a child, Z.A., who was born on January 4, 1995. It appears to be undisputed that the parties separated in November 2010, and that in May 2011, Ms.…
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