Powers v. Powers

L. CHARLES WRIGHT, Retired Appellate Judge.

This is a contempt case.

Plaintiff filed a petition for rule nisi alleging that her former husband had willfully failed to pay $200 per month for her support and maintenance. The hearing on the petition was scheduled for December 12, 1986, but was continued until January 23, 1987. The defendant appeared for the hearing on December 12,1986 and was told that it had been continued. Although the clerk wrote down the new hearing date for him, he failed to appear at the hearing on January 23, 1987.

The court conducted the hearing on January 23,1987 and found…