Scott v. Somers
Connecticut Appellate Court
903 A.2d 663 (2006)
Relevant factsFree
After the family moved from Connecticut to Florida, a Florida court granted Somers (defendant) temporary custody in 2002; Scott (plaintiff) later filed a competing custody action in Connecticut in 2004, and the Connecticut court, applying only the UCCJEA without considering the federal PKPA's requirement to examine Florida's own continuing-jurisdiction law, awarded Scott sole custody at the same time Florida's court, exercising its own retained jurisdiction, awarded Somers primary custody.
IssueFree
Whether a state court may review and modify a custody decision issued by a sister state if doing so violates that sister state's laws concerning continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.