McCall v. McCall

Ruffin, Judge.

We granted Deborah McCall’s application for discretionary appeal to determine whether the trial court exceeded its authority by entering an order within the context of a contempt proceeding which had the effect of modifying custody. We find that it did and reverse.

Deborah McCall and Nathan McCall divorced in 1989. Under the terms of the final judgment and decree, Deborah McCall obtained *771sole custody of the couple’s two minor children, and Nathan McCall, as the noncustodial parent, had visitation rights on alternate weekends. After Nathan McCall relocated to the Washington, D.C.,…