Lewis v. Lewis

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

These consolidated appeals involve civil contempt of court for failure to pay accrued child support. Both Charles Lewis and Tony Price appeared before the trial court without counsel, and both were ordered incarcerated until they expunged the total debt of which they were adjudged to be in arrears.

The questions presented are whether adjudicated indigents facing incarceration for civil contempt for failure to pay child support are entitled to appointment of counsel; and whether it was error to order incarceration without a specific finding of fact concerning the…