Hamilton v. Hamilton

CRANDALL, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Warren B. Hamilton, appeals from the order of the trial court finding him in civil contempt. We dismiss the appeal without prejudice as premature.

The parties to this action were divorced in 1971. The present proceedings were initiated in August 1979 by respondent’s motion to modify the divorce decree and petition to cite for contempt. After a hearing at which evidence was adduced, the trial court, on August 27, 1982, found appellant in civil contempt for failure to pay past-due child support of $18,825. Appellant was ordered committed to the St. Charles…