Archer v. Archer

Respondent appeals from an order finding him in indirect contempt for failure to pay past due child support in the sum of *11,900, and sentencing him to periodic imprisonment unless the judgment entered is paid periodically as scheduled by the trial court.

As framed by respondent, the essential issue is whether or not there was a denial of due process when the trial court, purporting to act upon the authority of Supreme Court Rule 219 (58 Ill. 2d R. 219), struck respondent’s petition to allow periodic payments of the judgment for arrears, and thereafter found respondent in wilful and contumacious…