Flaningam v. Flaningam

Mr. Presiding Justice Wolfe

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Lee county, Illinois, finding the defendant appellant, Glen Flaningam, in contempt of court. In the original divorce proceeding, Bernice Flaningam filed a petition to show cause, and set forth the provision of the divorce decree awarding custody of the minor children of the parties to her. She alleged that the defendant withheld them from her custody. The defendant filed his answer to the petition admitting the entry of the decree for divorce, and its provisions, but denied…