Brown v. Brown

This action began as a petition to enforce a child visitation provision of a divorce order and for contempt. The petition alleged that defendant Beatrice Brown had refused to allow plaintiff Francis Brown to visit their seven-year-old daughter, Julie Brown [the child]. Following a two-day hearing, the trial court denied the petition, refused to hold defendant in contempt and modified the underlying order to require that visitation by plaintiff be supervised by a third party. Plaintiff appeals, alleging that: (1) the court improperly modified the underlying visitation order without a request…