Appropriate Forum
Other Country
Italy qualified as the proper forum to assume jurisdiction because it was “in the best interest of the child,” since both of the child’s parents had a significant connection with Italy and there was available in Italy substantial evidence concerning the child’s housing, support, education, medical and dental care and personal relationships; therefore, the judgment entered in the Italian court was subject to enforcement in the Illinois courts and the trial court did not err in dismissing petition for dissolution of the marriage and transferring the cause back to the courts of Milan, Italy. In re Silvestri-Gagliardoni.
