Ex Parte Talbert

This is a petition for writ of certiorari for review of, and an appeal from, a final order of the Circuit Court of Dallas County, Alabama, finding the petitioner-appellant, Thomas A. Talbert, in civil contempt for failure to pay certain sums required to be paid to the appellee, Doris B. Talbert, by final decree of divorce of the parties and orders entered by the court subsequent thereto.

The main issue on appeal is whether there was any legal evidence to support the trial court's finding that appellant had the present ability to purge himself of a civil contempt.

The parties were divorced by…