Atkins v. Zachary

Bowles, Justice.

A mother is seeking to hold her former husband, hereinafter father, in contempt of court for failure to pay child support during the time their children were visiting with the father. The father was permitted six weeks visitation in the summer by a modification of the parties’ original divorce decree. He paid a portion of the child support during that time but withheld $450.

The trial court refused to hold the father in contempt saying that "custody follows visitation” and that while the father had "custody” of his children, he was not required to pay child support to the…