Jones v. Jones

SCHOTT, Judge.

This is an appeal by John Michael Jones from a judgment holding him in contempt of court for failing to comply with a previous judgment obliging him to pay various sums for the benefit of his minor children. The principal issue is whether the trial judge committed manifest error in rejecting appellant’s defense that he was financially unable to comply with the previous judgment and in finding he was guilty of wilful disobedience.

The previous judgment was rendered by consent of the parties in February, 1983 pursuant to a stipulation. It obliged appellant to place in trust for the…