STATE EX REL. STATE v. Hawash

A dissolution judgment ordered appellant to pay child support for her three children. When she did not pay as ordered, the Washington County District Attorney’s Office initiated contempt proceedings. In response, appellant claimed inability to pay support. The trial court found appellant in contempt of court for her failure to pay support and imposed as a sanction two years of bench probation. Appellant then appealed the judgment of contempt, arguing that the court erred in rejecting her defense of inability to pay. In the meantime, more than two years have passed since the entry of judgment.…