Butler v. Butler

This is an appeal by plaintiff from a trial court order finding him in contempt of court for failure to make child support payments pursuant to a previously issued divorce judgment. The amount of the arrearage was established at $9,025.

Plaintiff appeared at the contempt proceedings without the assistance of counsel. It was disclosed, upon inquiry of the trial court, that plaintiff’s only source of income was from public assistance payments under the aid to dependent children with an incapacitated parent program. Plaintiff also stated that he was appealing an adverse determination of…