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REPORTED IN THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF MARYLAND No. 765 September Term, 2001 _________________________________ NICOLE BRITTON v. KERRY C. MEIER _________________________________ Hollander, Adkins, Krauser, JJ.

_________________________________ _________________________________ Opinion by Krauser, J. _________________________________ _________________________________ Filed: December 20, 2002

The issue before us is which state - Maryland or Illinois may exercise jurisdiction over a visitation dispute between a Maryland mother and an Illinois grandfather, when the visitation of the grandfather was originally ordered by an Illinois court with the mother's consent. Holding that Illinois has continuing

jurisdiction over this dispute, the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel denied the motion of the mother, appellant Nicole Britton, to terminate the rights of the grandfather, appellee Kerry C. Meier, to visit her four-year old daughter, Savanna Marie Britton, and then dismissed her case. erred. Although this case is not a dispute between parents and certainly does not involve kidnaping, we are constrained to agree that Illinois has continuing jurisdiction over this dispute, under the Parental Kidnaping Prevention Act of 1980 ("PKPA"), 28 U.S.C.

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