Carr v. Pridgen

HORTON, Justice.

This is an appeal from the district court sitting in its appellate capacity. The district court affirmed the magistrate court’s judgment, which held that the appellant, Crystal Edgar, was guilty of two counts of indirect contempt. We reverse.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Edgar and Carr are the parents of D.C., a minor child born in 2003. Edgar and Carr were never married. Both Edgar and Can-have served in the Idaho National Guard since D.C.’s birth, resulting in custody disputes arising from the parties’ deployments.

Edgar’s contempt convictions arose from Carr’s…