No. 25-6834

AmadaSophia Komorebi v. Andrew Katkin

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2026-02-17
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: child-custody due-process-clause home-state-jurisdiction interstate-family-law parental-kidnapping-prevention-act visitation-rights
Latest Conference: 2026-04-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA), 28 U.S.C. § 1738A, permits a
State court to deny home-State priority jurisdiction by treating a minor child 's brief, sponsored
visit as "not temporary " based on the visiting parent 's request for child support or temporary
emergency public assistance, and then to exercise "significant connection " jurisdiction when the
minor child 's home State has not declined jurisdiction.

2. Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permits the ex parte
removal and continued out-of-State retention of a minor child from a parent found fit, and the
entry of a final custody order that provides only non-specific "reasonable visitation " without an
enforceable minimum schedule of parent-child contact, effectively delegating the noncustodial
parent 's access to the child to the discretion of the opposing party.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act permits a State court to deny home-State priority jurisdiction by treating a minor child's brief, sponsored visit as 'not temporary' based on the visiting parent's request for child support, and whether the Due Process Clause permits ex parte removal and continued out-of-State retention of a minor child with only non-specific 'reasonable visitation' without an enforceable minimum schedule

Docket Entries

2026-04-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
2026-02-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 19, 2026)

Attorneys

Amadasophia Komorebi
Amadasophia Komorebi — Petitioner