Farmer v. Farmer
Court of Appeals of Indiana
735 N.E.2d 285 (Ind. Ct. App. 2000)
Relevant factsFree
Robert Farmer (defendant) and Susan Feliciano (plaintiff) divorced, with Feliciano awarded custody and Farmer ordered to pay child support. After Feliciano sought contempt for Farmer's nonpayment and Farmer separately sought to modify visitation, the trial court ruled that if Farmer continued failing to pay child support, his continued visitation would endanger the child and his visitation rights would be terminated; it also held Farmer in contempt but suspended the sentence on the condition that he keep visiting the child.
IssueFree
Whether a court may condition a noncustodial parent's visitation rights on the parent's continued payment of child support.