Section 27.18 Child Custody

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VII. (§27.18) Child Custody

Because child custody decrees are, by nature, continually subject to modification, a court making a custody determination is not, as a federal constitutional requirement, bound to accord full faith and credit to a decree entered by a court of another state in an action involving the same parties. See:

· Ford v. Ford, 371 U.S. 187 (1962)

· Kovacs v. Brewer, 356 U.S. 604 (1958)

· People of State of N.Y. ex rel. Halvey v. Halvey, 330 U.S. 610 (1947)

In Kovacs, 356 U.S. 604, the...

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