Sword v. Sword

This case arose from the defendant’s failure to make support payments due under an order of the Circuit Court of Genesee County entered July 24, 1961. The order obligated the defendant to pay $16 per week for the support of his minor children by a former wife, Mary Sword. On April 12, 1972, the Friend of the Court executed an affidavit stating that according to his records, the defendant, Wiley J. Sword, was in arrears in the payment of support due in the amount of $8,471. The court thereafter entered an order directing that an attachment for the arrest of the defendant be issued forthwith.…