Brandis McCollum (formerly Brandis Adams) v. Indiana Family and Social Services Administration

Pyle, Judge.'

Statement of the Case

Brandis McCollum (“Mother”) appeals the trial court’s finding that she was in civil contempt of court for failing to pay her child support as ordered, as well as the trial court’s sanction of one hundred and fifty (150) weeks incarceration. She argues that there was no evidence that she willfully disobeyed the trial court’s order, as is required for a citation for civil contempt, and that the sanction the trial court imposed was improperly punitive. Because we conclude that there was sufficient evidence that Mother willfully disobeyed the trial court’s order,…