Bull v. Bull

The Bulls were divorced in 1978. The former wife, appellant in this case, was given custody of the couple’s infant daughter; the former husband, now appellee, was given visitation rights, including two weeks with the child each summer. At a hearing on August 3, 1978, the trial court ordered appellant to surrender the child to the father for one of his two weeks, but neither the mother nor child could be located. Appellee filed a motion to change custody from appellant to him, which was granted at an August 11 hearing at which appellant appeared through counsel. On August 23, appellant was…