Siegel v. Siegel

Arnold Siegel (father), on January 10, 1978, filed in the circuit court of Cook County (circuit court), his petition for a rule upon Jan Siegel (mother), to show cause why she should not be held in contempt. The mother’s allegedly contemptuous conduct consisted of applying to the superior court of California, County of Los Angeles (California court), for modification of the child-visitation provisions contained in the circuit court’s 1972 decree dissolving the father and mother’s marriage. In orders of June 12 and June 28, the circuit court found the mother in contempt and provided that all…