Sands v. Sands

Appellant Patricia Taylor, formerly Patricia Sands, is the mother of four minor children, born during her marriage to Royce Calvin Sands II, their father. On December 21, 1982, the court entered a legal separation decree, and on May 30, 1984, a dissolution decree. In both, the court awarded custody of the four children to appellant. In 1983, a jury found the father guilty of various counts of kidnapping, aggravated assault, resisting arrest and possession of marijuana, all of which stemmed from an incident in which the father had been involved in a stand off with police during which time he held the children hostage. Sands was sentenced to concurrent prison terms, the longest being 10 years.