Title: THOMAS L. KELLEY V. JENNIFER L. KELLEY
Citation: 118 P.3d 992, 2005 WY 109
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State: Wyoming
Issuer: Wyoming Supreme Court
Date: September 7, 2005

THOMAS L. KELLEY V. JENNIFER L. KELLEY Annotate this Case THOMAS L. KELLEY V. JENNIFER L. KELLEY 2005 WY 109 118 P.3d 992 Case Number: No. 04-242 Decided: 09/07/2005 APRIL TERM, A.D. 2005 THOMAS L. KELLEY, Appellant (Plaintiff), v. JENNIFER L. KELLEY, Appellee (Defendant). Representing Appellant: Thomas L. Kelley, pro se. Representing Appellee: No appearance. Before HILL, C.J., and GOLDEN, KITE, VOIGT, and BURKE, JJ. VOIGT, Justice. [¶1] The appellant and the appellee were divorced in Carbon County, Wyoming, in 1999. The appellee has lived with the couple's children in the State of Colorado since 1998. On May 12, 2004, the appellant filed in the Carbon County District Court a petition to modify the custody provisions of the divorce decree. On November 4, 2004, pursuant to Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 20-5-108 (LexisNexis 2003), the district court declined jurisdiction and dismissed the petition on the ground of forum non conveniens.1 The appellant has filed a pro se appeal from that dismissal. [¶2] We summarily affirm the district court because the appellant has failed to provide cogent argument or citation to pertinent authority. See Billings v. Wyoming Bd. of Outfitters and Professional Guides, 2004 WY 42, ¶ 62, 88 P.3d 455 , 477 (Wyo. 2004)and Kelley v. Watson, 2003 WY 127, ¶ 4, 77 P.3d 691 , 692 (Wyo. 2003). The appellant's brief is merely a list of contentions as to why custody should be modified. No facts or legal arguments are presented in regard to the pivotal issue of whether the district court should have ceded jurisdiction in favor of Colorado. [¶3] Affirmed. FOOT