Niadna v. Niadna

WIEAND, Judge:

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the hearing court abused its discretion by awarding to the natural mother of a twelve year old girl a right of summer visitation for three weeks at the mother’s home in California after the mother had failed to exercise visitation rights under a prior court order for almost ten years. We conclude that there was no abuse of discretion and affirm.

David Niadna, the appellant, and Roberta Niadna Emsley, the appellee, were married on November 23, 1968. Roberta was then sixteen years of age, and David was twenty-one. A female child, Heather,…