State, Fall River County, Ex Rel. Dryden v. Dryden

HENDERSON, Justice.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY/ISSUES

Plaintiffs-appellees Constance Stock (Constance) and the State of South Dakota (State) filed a Motion for Order to Show Cause against Constance’s former husband, defendant-appellant Thomas Dryden (Thomas), praying the circuit court (1) find Thomas in contempt for his failure to make court-ordered child support payments; and *649(2)modify the existing Decree of Divorce. The circuit court complied with both requests. Thomas appeals asserting that the court erred when it(1) held him in contempt for failure to abide by a child support order when he had…