In Re Carpenter

The petitioner was adjudged guilty of contempt for failing to pay $20 per month towards the partial support of her five minor children, all wards of the juvenile court. The record shows that for several years the public authorities have attempted, so far unsuccessfully, to compel petitioner to either care for her children, or to partially pay for their support. Some two years ago the court ordered Mrs. Carpenter to receive her children into her home, and care for them. Upon her failure to comply with this order she was cited and committed for contempt. Upon habeas corpus she was discharged…