Duvall v. Duvall

On petition, properly supported* defendant was cited to show cause why he should not be adjudged in contempt for failure to comply with orders of court to pay toward the support of his minor child. The court absolved him from contempt, computed the sum of defaulted payments, $417, entered judgment therefor, reduced monthly payments from $25, as previously decreed, to $10, to be credited, when paid, on back judgments (it appears there was a previous judgment entry of $400 covering earlier defaults).

We group plaintiff’s assignments under two headings: (1) That the court erred in relieving…