Legal Opinion
Kumar v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
Decided October 28, 1982No. S.F. 24380PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KAUS, J.
Jitendra Kumar seeks a writ of mandate to compel respondent superior court to quash service of process and to dismiss an order to show cause in a child custody action brought by Yvonne Kumar for modification of a New York support order and custody/visitation decree. We must decide whether California has authority to modify the out-of-state custody decree, a question which has presented the most difficult problem in the interpretation and application of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (hereafter Uniform Act). We conclude that, under the letter and spirit of the…
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