Pereira v. Pereira

Involved in this appeal are questions of (1) the admissibility of evidence of certain polygraph tests, (2) basic procedures required in a civil contempt proceeding and (3) the sufficiency of the evidence with respect to finding defendant guilty of civil contempt.

Plaintiff instituted this proceeding in April, 1973 to enforce the terms of the judgment of divorce granted to her on February 15, 1973 wherein custody of the two children of the marriage, namely, the son, Angel, bom January 7, 1964 and the daughter, Alice, born October 3,1966 were awarded to her. On July 7,1972, seven months before…