Legal Opinion
Simpson v. Simpson
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided July 3, 1979PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUKOWSKY, Justice.
The genesis of this appeal is an action for dissolution of marriage filed by Cynthia against her second husband, Word, in April of 1977. This was the second marriage for each of them and each had a child by a previous .marriage. In her amended petition Cynthia requested that the court grant her custody of her stepson, Hart Simpson or, in the alternative, visitation privileges. Hart was born during Word’s prior marriage. The trial court held that its jurisdiction had not been properly invoked on the custody issue and that a nonparent may not be awarded visitation. The Court…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Looper v. McManusCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1978
- Chandler v. ChandlerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1975
- Taraboletti v. TarabolettiAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
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