This divorce and custody case questions, inter alia, the jurisdiction of the Houston County Circuit Court pursuant to §§ 30-3-23 and 30-3-27, Ala. Code 1975, part of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA). Darren Martin Case (father) and Ashley Fell Case (mother) were married in August 1988 in Dothan, Alabama. The parties separated on September 14, 1991, when the father took the children, then ages 2 1/2 years and 5 months, from Alabama to his parents home in the State of Mississippi. Two days later on September 16, he filed in the Chancery Court of Lincoln County, Mississippi, a "Complaint for Custody and Temporary Relief."
