Matter of Briggs

OPINION

SOSA, Justice.

A petition was filed in the District Court of Bernalillo County before the Honorable William F. Riordan for a change of custody of two minor children from the natural father, Robert D. Briggs, respondent-appellant, to the natural mother, Joyce Pullen, petitioner-appellee.

The court granted the mother’s petition, ordered the appellant to pay child support, held the appellant in contempt of court for non-payment, and issued a bench warrant for his arrest. The respondent appeals. We reverse.

In July 1966, the appellant and the appellee were divorced in the County of Los…