Crites v. Alston

URBIGKIT, Justice.

Appellant William E. Crites (father) appeals a district court order holding him in contempt and awarding attorney’s fees and costs to his ex-wife, appellee Lisa L. Alston (mother). The district court found that the father, by attempting to modify child custody in Texas, had breached an agreement between the parents to maintain jurisdiction of custody matters in Wyoming. Further, the district court held that the father’s violation of the Wyoming divorce decree constituted an act of indirect criminal contempt.

We vacate the district court’s finding of contempt and its judgment…