Hancz v. City of South Bend

OPINION

STATON, Judge.

Timothy Hanez appeals the trial court’s finding of contempt and his sentence thereon. Hanez presents the following consolidated and restated issues:

I. Whether the trial court erred when it found Hanez in contempt.

II. Whether the trial court imposed an inappropriate remedy.

We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Pursuant to the Unsafe Building Law, 1 the City of South Bend ordered Hanez to vacate and seal a residential building, one of approximately sixty properties owned by Hanez. At a July 25, 1996 hearing, the order was affirmed along with a determination that the house…