In re Marriage of Szczotka

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from an order finding respondent in contempt and $8,200 in arrears of child support. The issues he presents are whether the finding as to the amount of arrearage was correct; whether he was deprived of his due process right to a hearing; and whether the trial court should have dismissed the petition for arrearage as a matter of law.

It appears that the parties were divorced in 1974, with the decree granting custody of their 2-year-old child to petitioner and ordering repondent “to pay $30.00 as child support.”

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