California Court of Appeal

In case involving French decree giving child custody to mother, visitation rights to father, and French injunction against mother moving away with the child, followed by mother moving from France to California with the child, trial court's order that the child be returned to France or else the father would obtain sole legal and physical custody, is reversed as it violated the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act by changing custody, and by ordering that the mother not move away with the child.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/31/2006
• Published 10/31/2006

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Leslie Ellen Shear, Encino, for Appellant Christine Cope Pence., Samuel L. Wasserson for Appellant Brian Paillier.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for Respondent.