Owens v. Owens

EDWARD N. SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.

This is a civil contempt-child custody and support modification case.

The father’s petition as filed on January 23, 1987 prayed for and sought only that the mother be placed in contempt of court because she allegedly failed to allow him to have the children visit with him as was authorized by previous judgments. The trial court issued a rule nisi thereon, which commanded the mother to be and appear before the trial court on February 5, 1987 and to then show cause. The clerk attached a summons to the father’s petition and to the rule nisi and served her…