Kimball v. Yaratch

SALCINES, Judge.

Dana M. Kimball appeals a contempt order entered after a final judgment. Although the contempt order which she challenges was entered as a result of a civil contempt proceeding, the order itself was in actuality an indirect criminal contempt order. Because the trial court failed to afford Ms. Kimball the requisite due process safeguards prior to imposing the indirect criminal contempt order, we reverse.

Ms. Kimball and Mr. John M. Yaratch were divorced in 1990. At the time of their divorce, they had two young children. They were to have shared parental responsibility for their…