Pierce v. Pierce

On September 7, 1979, the Circuit Court of Franklin County, Kentucky, decreed that the marriage of Bruce Carroll Pierce and Elizabeth Scott Pierce be dissolved and that Elizabeth Pierce be given custody of the parties’ six year old son, Jeremy. This appeal results from a decision by the Missoula County District Court that under federal and state law it lacked jurisdiction to modify that child custody determination.

Bruce and Elizabeth Pierce were married on March 21, 1972, in Franklin County, Kentucky. On July 23, 1979, they entered into a separation and property settlement agreement whereby…