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Judge finds mother in contempt twice, tightens pickup rules in Dixon County custody dispute
Summary
A chancery judge found Amy Hewitt in willful contempt on two counts for failing to return her son as ordered, suspended two 10-day jail terms, and changed pickup-and-drop-off rules to reduce future exchanges disputes between the parents.
Dixon County Chancery Judge David D. Wolfe on Tuesday found the mother, Amy Hewitt, guilty of willful contempt on two counts for failing to return her son to the temporary primary residential parent as required by court order, suspended two consecutive 10-day jail terms, and revised the exchange schedule to reduce repeated transportation conflicts.
The court's order follows a hearing on competing motions: the father, Matthew Christopher Fenton, filed criminal contempt motions and asked the court to restore or protect his visitation after a January custody change that named him temporary primary residential parent. Hewitt had disputed notice of the January hearing and pressed that transportation and medical concerns complicated exchanges.
Why it matters: The ruling modifies how exchanges are…
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