Marriage of Bechtel v. Bechtel

CHEZEM, Judge.

Case Summary

Appellant, Patricia L. Bechtel, appeals the Elkhart Circuit Court’s Finding of Contempt.

Issue

Three issues are raised on appeal: (1) Whether the trial court’s order prohibiting Patricia Bechtel from having an unrelated male in her home overnight when she had custody of the children was enforceable when the order was not based on evidence that such periods of overnight visitation were detrimental to the children. (2) Whether the evidence presented at the contempt hearing supported the court’s finding that Patricia Bechtel allowed an unrelated male in her home while she…