Tetro v. Tetro

This consolidated appeal and petition for cer tiorari raise the question of the right to appointed counsel of indigent persons charged with contempt for noncompliance with a child support order. Appellant Napoleon Bonaparte Tetro, Jr., was sentenced to 30 days in jail for failing to make' court-ordered support payments, in a summary hearing at which he was not advised of any right to have an attorney appointed to represent him. Petitioner Edward Scollard was ordered to appear and show cause why he should not be held in contempt for violating a support decree, and was denied court-appointed…