Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, November 3, 1995 TAG: 9511030059
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-4 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: RICHMOND LENGTH: Short
Sharon Bottoms is seeking to regain custody of her 4-year-old son from her mother, Kay Bottoms. The child's mother appealed the case all the way to the Virginia Supreme Court after losing custody in 1993.
Now the case is back in Henrico County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, where it originated. Sharon Bottoms claims she should get custody of Tyler Doustou because her living conditions have improved since 1993, while her mother's have deteriorated.
Sharon and Kay Bottoms also are feuding over visitation. The younger Bottoms, who is supposed to see her son from 10 a.m. Mondays until 6 p.m. Tuesdays, alleged in court papers that her mother has not allowed her to see Tyler since late August.
Kay Bottoms countered with a petition alleging that her daughter violated a court order by allowing Tyler to stay overnight at an apartment she shares with April Wade. The elder Bottoms wants her daughter's visitation rights revoked.
``We think the order is being violated every time there is a visit,'' Kay Bottoms' lawyer, Richard Ryder, told Judge William G. Boice on Wednesday. ``The child is being subjected to unwholesome and unwarranted influences.''
But the judge declined to hear evidence on the visitation matters.
``I'm going to leave the visitation like it is and require you to abide by that order strictly'' until the Jan. 12 hearing, Judge William Boice said.
- Associated Press
by CNB