Robertson v. Riplett

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

After registering Ohio child custody orders in Alaska where his children and former wife were then living, a father asked the Alaska court to modify an Ohio order that suspended his visitation rights. The superior court denied his motion. The father appeals. We affirm. Because the Ohio court has not relinquished its exclusive jurisdiction and because the father still resides in Ohio, AS 25.30.320, part of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UC-CJEA), denied the superior court jurisdiction to modify the Ohio order. The father also…