Jones v. Salter

Per Curiam : The parties in this case were married on July 5, 1958, and three children were born of the marriage. The appellant mother, Joanne Maria (Salter) Jones, obtained a divorce from the appellee father, Michael Salter, on April 5, 1966, and she was awarded custody of the children. The father was granted reasonable rights of visitation. On weekends, these rights extended from 9:00 a.m. on Saturday to 8:00 p.m. on Sunday.

Subsequent to the divorce, the appellant began living with her present ⁶⁶⁸ husband, Charles Jones, who at that time was still married to another woman. On June 21, 1967, upon petition of the appellee, the lower court' ¡found that :by reason of such illicit conduct the appellant was, an unfit mother and it awarded custody to the father. Further, that court denied all visitation to the mother until she- ceased her illicit relationship. On December 13, 1967, the mother filed a petition to modify the decree and asked the court to grant her reasonable rights of visitation based on the fact that she had since married Mr. Jones.- She- requested visitation rights every weekend and testified that this Was the same visitation afforded the husband when she had custody.

After holding a hearing, the lower court found that the illicit relationship had ceased and on March 13, 1968, an order- was entered granting the mother the.right to visit “by herself” with the children at the home of the ¡father for two hours every other Sunday. From,that order this.appeal was taken.- On appeal, the mother urges that the lower court abused its discretion -in limiting visitation to two hours every other Sunday, at the home of the father,