Orfield v. Weindel

OPINION BY

STEVENS, P.J.:

This is an appeal from the order entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County finding Appellant Charles E. Weindel, II, in civil contempt for failing to appear at a contempt hearing and failing to pay child support. The trial court imposed six months incarceration with a purge amount of $4,244.00. Appellant claims the trial court erred in setting this purge amount without considering his ability to pay.

On September 9, 2011, the lower court held a Support Enforcement Hearing where the Domestic Relations Office (DRO) established that Appellant owed $4,244.00 in…