Court Opinion

ID: 9578609
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 21:46:45.490014+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:54.030935
License: Public Domain

MINGE, Judge
(concurring specially).
I join in the opinion of the court and write separately. This appeal presents a statutory-jurisdiction anomaly. As the majority opinion indicates, the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) establishes a framework for transferring jurisdiction from one state to another. Appellant mother finds herself in a virtual catch-22 situation. A Colorado court has transferred jurisdiction to Minnesota, the time for appealing that decision has presumably expired without father (obligor) challenging the decision of his home state court, and now the Minnesota courts point out error by the Colorado court.' Appellant may well find herself in a judicial stalemate facilitated by the provisions of UIFSA. Although it is tempting and arguably appropriate for this intermediate appellate court to formulate a creative solution to this situation, we traditionally decline to so develop or extend the law. Rather, we have observed that such is the role of our supreme court.