Legal Opinion
Hunt v. Moreland
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided September 3, 1985No. 50313PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL R. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.
Petitioner, Larry Hunt, seeks our writ of habeas corpus contending his incarceration for contempt of court is illegal. We agree and order the writ to issue.
The marriage of petitioner and inter-venor, Marguerite Hunt Grove, was dissolved in November, 1980. In the dissolution decree, petitioner was ordered to pay child support in the amount of $30.00 per week, per child. Petitioner’s failure to make these payments resulted in the initiation of contempt proceedings by inter-venor. A hearing upon intervenor’s motion was scheduled before the Honorable Robert W.…
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