An article in the July 28, 2008 issue of Indiana Lawyer covers the recent case In re the marriage of Mahmoud M. Basileh v. Arwa G. Alghusain, No. 29A02-0712-CV-1132, in which the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that a federal act supersedes Indiana’s statute regarding exclusive jurisdiction over two parties’ child support order and affirmed the transfer of exclusive jurisdiction to a California court. In its ruling, the court had to decide whether or not the father still was a resident of Indiana in order to determine if the federal act applied to him. Read the published opinion:
Basileh_v._Alghusain_for_News_7_.28_.08_.pdf