Munchus v. Munchus

This is a child custody case.

The Circuit Court of Jefferson County divorced the parties in September 1979. The decree provided for a division of property and awarded custody of the parties' minor son to the mother. The father was given specified visitation rights and ordered to pay child support. The decree contained no prohibitions against the mother's removing the child from the trial court's jurisdiction, although the father had requested such a provision. Neither party appealed the original decree of divorce.

In June 1980, the mother moved to Chicago, Illinois, taking the parties' son with…