Bylinski v. Bylinski

The litigants were divorced on January 10,1969 and custody of their two minor children was awarded to the plaintiff. The defendant was awarded specific visitation rights. During the months following the divorce, plaintiff repeatedly refused to permit defendant to visit the children. Several show-cause orders were entered requiring the plaintiff to show why she should not be held in contempt for failure to permit defendant to exercise visitation rights. On August 18,1969, the trial court determined that plaintiff was in contempt of court for this failure.

The trial judge concluded that…