United States Fourth Circuit

The Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act, 28 USC 1738A, applies only to determinations by courts within the United States and its territories, so a court order from a U.S. jurisdiction does not necessarily trump a court order from a jurisdiction outside the country.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/05/2000
• Decided 02/16/2001
• Published 02/16/2001

Judges

• Before WIDENER and KING, Circuit Judges, and GARWOOD, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Patricia Emily Apy, Paras, Apy, Reiss, P.C., Red Bank, NJ, for Appellant. Christian Riley Troy, Helms, Cannon, Henderson & Porter, P.A., Charlotte, NC, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:  A. Marshall Basinger, II, Charlotte, NC, for Appellant.  Thomas R. Cannon, Sheila G. Passenant, Helms, Cannon, Henderson & Porter, P.A., Charlotte, NC, for Appellee.