State ex rel. Dyer v. Dyer

Defendant appeals from a judgment which held him in contempt of court for failing to make his child support payments, sentenced him to jail and awarded plaintiff attorney fees. We affirm.

In August, 1981, the trial court entered a decree awarding plaintiff custody of the parties’ minor child and ordering defendant to pay child support of $300 per month. Defendant appealed, and an order was entered requiring him to pay $300 per month pending the appeal. In July, 1983, after the appeal had been resolved, Dyer and Dyer, 59 Or App 562, 652 P2d 886, rev den 294 Or 295 (1982), the trial court…