Steven D., Appellant v. Nicole J., Appellee

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed the superior court’s judgment, holding that the Alaska court retained exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over the visitation dispute under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, that the court did not lose jurisdiction because of the child’s long absence or Tennessee’s temporary emergency jurisdiction, and that the court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to cede jurisdiction as an inconvenient forum. The Court applied de novo review to the jurisdiction question and abuse‑of‑discretion review to the inconvenient‑forum denial.