Columb v. Columb

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that minor’s home state may change over time
• requiring family court on remand to determine whether adjudication of custody dispute in Vermont was in best interest of child at time of remand and whether then-current situation of parties and child warranted family court’s exercise of jurisdiction as most convenient forum
• custody order that does not meet PKPA requirements “is not entitled to full faith and credit in other states”
• fact that court did not have jurisdiction at one time should not foreclose it from taking jurisdiction when circumstances changed
• fact that court did not have jurisdiction at one time should not foreclose it from taking jurisdiction when circumstances changed
• the PKPA gives primacy to home state or recent home state and does not authorize alternate best interest jurisdiction unless there is no home state

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).