Polli v. Vina

Patricia Polli appeals an order denying her motion to hold her former husband in contempt for failure to pay court-ordered child support. We reverse.

Polli, the parent with primary physical custody of the parties’ two minor children, petitioned the court to hold the children’s father, George Vina, in contempt for failing to pay $14,800 in past-due child support. She alleged that the nonpayment was willful in that Vina is a C.P.A. who earns $70,000 a year, spends freely, and takes expensive European vacations. At the hearing on the contempt motion, Vina failed to present any evidence of…