Ivins v. Jennings

LARSON, Justice.

This appeal presents another chapter in a long-standing dispute over the custody of Benjamin Ivins, now eleven. His parents, Sandra (Ivins) Jennings and Marty Ivins, were divorced in 1975. Custody of Benjamin was granted to Sandra with “reasonable rights of visitation” in Marty. In 1977, problems of visitation and child support payment arose, and a stipulation was entered to resolve them. Marty attempted to exercise his visitation rights according to the stipulation but discovered the mother and child had moved to Montana. He reacted by filing a contempt action and an…