Ashlock v. District Court, Fifth Judicial District

ERICKSON, Justice.

In this original proceeding, petitioner contends that the respondent district court abused its discretion and exceeded its juri-diction in ordering a temporary change of custody of petitioner’s minor child and in finding petitioner in contempt for failing to comply with the court’s order. We issued a rule to show cause and now make the rule absolute.

The marriage of Sharyn Ashlock (petitioner or mother) and Rex Ashlock (father) was dissolved in a decree issued by the *484respondent district court in August 1982. The mother was awarded permanent custody of the couple’s…