Strickland v. Williams

Hell, Justice.

The parties were divorced in 1971, custody of their 8-month-old only child being awarded to the father pursuant to agreement. By such agreement, the 17-year-old mother was allowed visitation rights between 10 a.m. Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday on the first and third weekends of each month.

In December 1974, the mother moved to have the father held in contempt and applied for change of custody. The trial court held the father in contempt for wilfully denying the mother her visitation rights on December 7, 1974, held that he could purge himself by paying the mother $50 and the court…