James v. James

Bowles, Justice.

The parties were divorced in 1979. Custody of the two minor children was awarded to the father with visitation rights in the mother. The trial court ordered the father to pay the mother $15.00 per day for each day the children visited her. Father contends that this is an unauthorized award of child support to a non-custodial mother.

We find that a trial court, in the exercise of its discretion, may properly order a custodial parent to pay for the support of minor children while visiting with the non-custodial parent. In making decisions about child custody and child support,…