In Re Estate of Maslowe

The petitioner, Emmanuel John Seidner, the executor of the estate of Wilma M. Maslowe, appeals from an order of the trial court of March 2, 1984, finding the respondent, Richard H. Maslowe, in contempt of court and fining him $750. Seidner asserts on appeal that the trial court erred in fining Maslowe $750 rather than imposing the civil contempt sanction of a jail term pursuant to section 16 — 1(d) of the Probate Act of 1975 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 1101/2, par. 16 — 1(d)).

The facts are set forth extensively in the opinion of this court in In re Estate of Maslowe (1983), 119 Ill. App. 3d…