Cheney v. Cheney

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wertz, J.:

This was a proceeding growing out of a divorce action in which the wife, Esther M. Cheney, plaintiff (appellee), had been granted a divorce, custody of the minor children and child support.

On November 15, 1956, the husband, Wayne B. Cheney, defendant (appellant), was found guilty of contempt and sentenced to one year in the county jail for failure to comply with the previous order of the lower court. He was paroled on the condition that he keep up the child support payments and not molest the plaintiff or her parents.

On June 8, 1959,…