Legal Opinion
Wagley v. Evans
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 14, 2009No. 07-FM-1184PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Senior Judge:
A father appeals from an order holding him in civil contempt, with accompanying imprisonment, for failure to pay a substantial arrearage in child support. We affirm.
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Appellant John Wagley and appellee Polly Evans divorced in 1993. At that time, they agreed to joint custody of their two children (L.C., born December 22, 1982, and I.K., born May 6, 1984), and Wagley was ordered to pay child support. 1 In 1998, Evans filed a motion for sole custody and increased child support. At the hearing, both parties acknowledged that their contentious relationship had harmed their…
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