Marriage of Griffin v. Reeve

This is an appeal from an order entered by the circuit court for Racine county, Dennis J. Flynn, Circuit Judge, dismissing a proceeding brought against Dennis Reeve to hold him in contempt for failing to pay child support which was ordered by the circuit court and had accrued before the child reached the age of majority. Relying on Halmu v. Halmu, 247 Wis. 124, 19 N.W.2d 317 (1945), the circuit court dismissed the proceeding, reasoning that it had no jurisdiction to enforce past due child support payments through contempt proceedings when the proceedings were commenced after the child reached…