Johnson v. Johnson

hCARAWAY, Judge.

In this child custody case, a nonresident father who was not present or represented by counsel at the hearing appeals a judgment of the trial court which changed sole custody of the child from the father to the mother and denied the father visitation until he had received psychological counseling. Although we find that the trial court had subject matter jurisdiction over this dispute involving a nonresident defendant, we vacate and set aside the judgment of the trial court because of a lack of service on the nonresident pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act,…