Legal Opinion
In Re Fontana
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 18, 1972No. Crim. 10289PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BRAY, J. *
Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
The sole question presented is: Does the remedy of contempt lie for violation of a court order in a dissolution of marriage action requiring petitioner to make payments on an automobile awarded to his former wife?
Record
In the interlocutory judgment dated March 12, 1971, in the dissolution of marriage action between petitioner and his then wife, Patricia Fontana, now Patricia Curiel, the court, among other distributions, ordered that petitioner pay to Patricia Fontana “$72 per month for the payments on the 1970 Volkswagen automobile which is…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- In Re HendricksCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1970
- Martins v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1970
3Cited by5 opinions
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