Dobbins v. Maner

This case arose when the father filed a petition for rule nisi wherein he alleged that the mother had knowingly and willfully violated the court’s order of September 1985 regarding visitation with the parties’ son. After a hearing the trial court issued an order finding that the mother had expressly and willfully violated the trial court’s order of September 1985 and was, therefore, in contempt. The trial court ordered that the mother be incarcerated for twelve consecutive hours in the Morgan County Jail and that she pay the prepaid court costs and witness fees in order to purge herself of…