State ex rel. Bullock v. Bullock

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

William E. Bullock (Appellant) appeals from a judgment of contempt and the related warrant and order of commitment for failure to pay child support. Contemporaneous with the warrant and order, the trial court stayed execution to allow Appellant to appeal. The State of Missouri and Kelly S. Bullock (Respondents) filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that the appeal is premature.

As this Court stated in Win-Vent, Inc., v. Commerce Bank of Springfield, 856 S.W.2d 100 (Mo.App.1993): “An order of civil contempt is not final for purposes of appeal until enforcement of it has been…