Legal Opinion
Eichenlaub v. Eichenlaub
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 4, 1985No. 566PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPAETH, President Judge:
This is an appeal from judgment of sentence for indirect criminal contempt of a protection order entered under the Protection From Abuse Act. 1 The issue is whether the provision of the Act that on a charge of indirect criminal contempt “the defendant shall not have a right to a jury trial,” 35 Pa.C.S. § 10190, violates appellant’s rights under the United States and Pennsylvania Constitutions. We hold that it does not and therefore affirm.
Appellant married appellee on October 5, 1968. The couple had three children. On May 10, 1979, appellee filed a petition for a…
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