In re Marriage of Almquist

Respondent, Frank Almquist, filed a petition for adjudication of indirect criminal contempt alleging that the petitioner, Deborah Almquist, failed to comply with the trial court’s order granting him limited telephone visitation with their only child, H.A. The court granted the petition and sentenced Deborah to two years of court supervision. Because we hold that the playing of an audio tape in the background during a telephone conversation does not constitute a “conversation” as defined in the Illinois eavesdropping statute (720 ILCS 5/14 — 1 et seq. (West 1996)), we affirm.

FACTS

Frank and…