Custody Dispute • Jurisdiction • Home State Status

Dodson v. Stroud, PICS Case No. 17-1381 (C.P. Berks Aug. 14, 2017) Lash, J. (9 pages).

While Pennsylvania had jurisdiction over the parties’ two children who lived in North Carolina with their mother, the court declined to exercise jurisdiction over this custody dispute because North Carolina, where the children received significant medical care, was the more appropriate forum. The court granted mother’s preliminary objection.