Legal Opinion
Sword v. Sword
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 31, 1976No. 56896, (Calendar No. 1)Published
1Opinion of the Court
399 Mich. 367 (1976)
249 N.W.2d 88
SWORD
v.
SWORD
Docket No. 56896, (Calendar No. 1).
Supreme Court of Michigan.
Argued October 5, 1976.
Decided December 31, 1976.
Frederick E. Salim and Richard P. Banas (Martin F. Palus, of counsel) for plaintiff.
Dolores Coulter, Legal Services of Eastern Michigan, and William Burnham, Michigan Legal Services, for defendant.
COLEMAN, J.
On April 16, 1973, Wiley Sword was found in contempt of circuit court (Genesee County) for failing to pay child support and was sentenced to one year in jail. The Court of Appeals reversed because the trial court had not applied a…
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