Hamilton v. Regan

DURHAM, Justice:

Defendant Stephen Regan appeals from a judgment of contempt for failure to comply with a court order requiring minimum monthly payments on a judgment for child support arrearages. The court of appeals certified this case to us. We assume jurisdiction under section 78-2-2(3)(b) and (5) of the Utah Code. We affirm.

Defendant was ordered to pay past due child support for his minor child in the amount of $17,282.18 in March of 1993. Subsequently, he requested and was granted a stay of execution on the judgment to permit him to borrow funds with which to pay it. According to the…