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Legal Citation: 502 N. W. 2d 649 (1993)

Appellants
Jan and Roberta DeBoer

Appellees
Daniel Schmidt and Cara Clausen

Appellants' Claim
That Michigan courts could modify Iowa custody orders under authority of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act.

Chief Lawyer for Appellants
Suellyn Scarecchia

Chief Lawyers for Appellees
Richard S. Victor, Scott Bassett, Marian L. Faupel

Justices for the Court
Patricia J. Boyle, James Brickley, Michael F. Cavanagh (writing for the court), Richard A. Griffin, Conrad L. Mallatt, Jr., Dorothy Comstock Riley

Justice Dissenting
Charles Levin

Place
Lansing, Michigan

Date of Decision
2 July 1993

Decision
Found in favor of the Clausens by upholding a Michigan court of appeals ruling that denied the DeBoers legal standing to...