Deutsch v. Deutsch

MOUNTS, MARVIN U.,

Associate Judge.

The appellant, former husband of the petitioner, appeals an order committing him for contempt for the failure to pay his former wife an alimony arrearage.

The trial court announced during the hearing, almost in the same breath that it found him in contempt, that the court would also have to reduce his alimony payments on a temporary basis:

“THE COURT: I will give him 30 days to make the $2,400 back alimony payments. And in the event he does not do so, he will serve a term of 30 days in jail.

MR. PATTERSON: I will draw up the order.

THE COURT: As to the reduction,…