Pike v. Aigner

HUDDLESTON, Judge.

Relying upon KRS 403.470(2), Harlan Circuit Court declined to exercise jurisdiction to consider Tess (Aigner) Pike’s petition to modify a Texas decree awarding custody of the parties’ minor daughter, Jame, to her former husband, James A. Aigner, Jr. Because we are satisfied that the lower court was authorized to hear this case, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Tess (Aigner) Pike and James A. Aigner, Jr., were married in Texas on October 1, 1979. One child, Jame, was born in 1980. The marriage was terminated by a 1981 Texas divorce decree which named James as the…