In re the Marriage of Patterson

The father appeals from a trial court order changing the custody of the parties’ son, Richard, to the mother. Father contends the trial court committed a variety of procedural errors, that the evidence does not warrant a change of custody, and that the trial court erred in requiring the father to post a bond before he could visit his children. For reasons that follow, we find no reversible procedural error; we agree with the trial court’s custody determination; and we modify the decree to eliminate the bond requirement.

Father was served with an order to show cause why custody of the parties’…