Curlee v. Howle

Harwell, Justice:

Appellant was found in contempt of court for failing to return his children to the respondent as required under a previous court order. As a result, he was sentenced to one year of imprisonment, suspended upon paying to the respondent $14,960.43, the expenses incurred by respondent and her family as a direct consequence of the appellant’s contemptuous conduct. We affirm in part, and modify in part.

Appellant and respondent were divorced on December 26, 1973, in South Carolina with custody of the two minor children in respondent. Appellant and respondent have each remarried,…