Richardson v. Richardson

Defendant appeals as of right from an order of the trial court entered February 16, 1982, adjudicating him in contempt of court for failure to make child support payments previously ordered by the court and ordering him to pay the arrearage within 10 days or to spend 120 days in jail.

Defendant discontinued making child support payments in October, 1981, instead paying the money into an escrow account which he had estab lished. He claimed that he was justified in discontinuing support payments because plaintiff refused to permit him to visit their child. The trial court ruled that defendant…