State ex rel. Wynne v. Wynne

Defendant was found guilty of contempt for disobeying a support order. ORS 33.010(1) (e). Imposition of sentence was suspended, and he was placed on five years’ probation with the condition that he pay the monthly child support ordered by the dissolution judgment and pay a certain additional amount monthly in order to pay off the arrearage. There is no provision in the judgment for defendant to purge himself of the contempt.

At trial, the state put on evidence of defendant’s knowledge of the support order and his failure to pay. The state then rested. Defendant moved for a judgment of…