Cowan v. Cowan

GRIFFIN, Judge.

We find no error in the civil contempt order appealed save in the provision that appellant shall be incarcerated automatically if he fails in the future to meet each installment under the court’s purge schedule, or if he fails to make alimony or insurance premium payments due in the future. When a trial court elects to use the coercive benefits of civil contempt rather than retributive force of criminal contempt and further sets a schedule of due dates in the future for payment of arrearages, upon a party’s failure to meet the schedule, the court must conduct a hearing to…