State ex rel. Badger v. Couey

The issue in this case is whether a trial court must find that a party acted both willfully and with bad intent before it may find the party guilty of contempt. The trial court found that respondent father willfully had disobeyed a court order, and it found him guilty of contempt. The Court of Appeals vacated the contempt judgment and remanded the case to the trial court to make findings on whether respondent had acted with a “bad intent.” Couey and Couey, 105 Or App 478, 805 P2d 716 (1991). We reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals, and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

By a 1974…