In re Marriage of Miche

In this dissolution of marriage action, respondent, Bibian Miche, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Lake County which retained jurisdiction over the issue of custody of the couple’s three minor children and awarded temporary custody of the two eldest children to petitioner, Thomas Miche. The sole issue in this interlocutory appeal (87 Ill. 2d R. 306) is whether the circuit court has jurisdiction over the minor children pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 40, par. 2101 et seq.). We reverse.

Thomas and…