In Re Baby Girl Clausen - Significance, A Change Of Heart, Iowa Is Judged Home, Impact, Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act
court custody michigan appellants
Appellants
Jan and Roberta DeBoer
Appellees
Daniel Schmidt and Cara Clausen
Appellants' Claim
That Michigan courts could modify Iowa custody orders under authority of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act.
Chief Lawyer for Appellants
Suellyn Scarecchia
Chief Lawyers for Appellees
Richard S. Victor, Scott Bassett, Marian L. Faupel
Justices for the Court
Patricia J. Boyle, James Brickley, Michael F. Cavanagh (writing for the court), Richard A. Griffin, Conrad L. Mallatt, Jr., Dorothy Comstock Riley
Justice Dissenting
Charles Levin
Place
Lansing, Michigan
Date of Decision
2 July 1993
Decision
Found in favor of the Clausens by upholding a Michigan court of appeals ruling that denied the DeBoers legal standing to challenge for custody of baby girl Clausen.
Related Cases
- May v. Anderson, 345 U.S. 528 (1953).
- In re Brandon L.E., 183 W.Va. 113 (S.E.2d 515 1990).
- In re Gregory Kingsley, 1992 WO 551484 (Fla. Ct. App. 1992).
- Twigg v. Mays, 1993 WL 330624 (Fla. Cir. Ct. Aug. 18, 1993).
Sources
http://www.brandeslaw.com/uccja.htm. 28 USC Sec. 1738A
http://www.divorcenet.com:80/28uscode.html.
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