Pinckney v. Hudson

Ness, Chief Justice:

This is a child custody dispute. The court ordered custody changed from the appellant mother to the respondent father. We reverse.

On November 7, 1984, the parties were divorced. The decree provided for joint custody of the child and then proceeded to list the specific times the father would have custody including weekends, holidays, one week a month and other designated occasions. Both parents have remarried.

The father moved for an order holding the mother in contempt for alleged violation of the custody arrangements and also moved to change the custody exclusively with…