Wieczorek v. Sebastian

HOWERTON, Chief Judge.

Patricia Wieczorek appeals from a judgment of the Daviess Circuit Court awarding custody of her two minor children to their father, Jackie Sebastian. Wieczorek claims that the circuit court erred by failing to award her immediate custody of the children or, in the alternative, by failing to hold a custody hearing to determine permanent custody of the children. We find error and reverse.

Wieczorek obtained permanent custody of the children through a 1981 Ohio judgment. In 1984, Sebastian brought the children to Daviess County, Kentucky, for a month-long visit with…