Clarke v. Clarke

PARKER, Judge.

Defendant appeals from the final judgment entered 7 November 1977 in Case No. 76CVD5292, from the final judgment entered 9 November 1977 in Case No. 75CVD6523, and from the two orders dated 22 December 1977 punishing him for contempt in Case No. 75CVD6523. We shall deal first with the questions raised by defendant’s appeal from the two orders finding him in contempt of court.

When defendant appealed from the final judgment entered 9 November 1977 in Case No. 75CVD6523, the district court was divested of jurisdiction to hear and determine contempt proceedings in that case. Beall…