State Ex Rel. Reitz v. Ringer

This action for contempt and modification of custody was initiated by the appellee father, Mitchell Ringer, against the appellant mother, Kelly Marie Reitz, after she moved with their child to Arizona without obtaining permission from the court. The district court found the mother in contempt and sentenced her to 30 days in jail. The district court, also finding that a material change in circumstances had occurred, assumed legal custody of the child and placed physical custody with the child’s paternal grandparents. After a motion for new trial was filed by Reitz, the court modified the…