Wilson v. Freeman

Trial court found former husband in criminal contempt for violating the visitation provisions of the divorce decree and in civil contempt for failure to pay child support. Former husband seeks review through petition for writ of certiorari.

After ore tenus hearings on the former wife's petition for rule nisi and the former husband's post-trial motions, the trial court entered judgment as follows:

[T]he court is of the opinion that the defendant in this cause is in criminal contempt of the orders of this court in that he did remove [the child] . . . from the custody of the plaintiff contrary to…