J.W. v. M.W.G.

The issue presented is whether the trial court had subject matter jurisdiction to impose sanctions for contempt of court regarding a custodial parent’s refusal to comply with visitation rights established in an earlier order. We conclude that jurisdiction existed and affirm.

J.L.V.’s mother filed two motions with the trial court on December 11, 1986. One was a motion for contempt. The other was a motion for expanded visitation. Both were on the grounds that M.W.G., father of the child, had virtually cut off any communications with the mother and had, despite previous court orders, flatly…