Arnal v. Fraser

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding a party cannot be held in contempt for \violating an order which was void ab initio for lack of jurisdiction\
• both the PKPA and the UCCJA govern when multiple states claim jurisdiction over a child custody dispute
• “It is our firm policy to decline to rule on constitutional issues unless such a ruling is required.”
• \[A party] cannot be held in contempt for violating an order [that] was void ab initio for a lack of jurisdiction.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).