Folsom v. Folsom

CAMPBELL, Judge.

Appellant husband appeals an order finding him guilty of indirect contempt in a dissolution of marriage proceeding in the trial court. Appellant argues that the order of contempt should be vacated because the trial judge failed to comply with the procedural requirements of Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.840, thereby denying appellant procedural due process.

We find merit only in the argument that the trial judge did not sufficiently comply with the mandate of rule 3.840(a)(6). That section of the rule provides that at the conclusion of the contempt hearing the trial judge…