In Re Marriage of Samuel

Contemnor-appellant, attorney Samuel J. Cahnman, was found guilty of indirect criminal contempt during postjudgment dissolution of marriage proceedings. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court’s judgment as modified.

I. BACKGROUND

A judgment of dissolution of marriage between David and Jeanne Samuel set forth certain financial obligations of David Samuel. David, a physician, had moved to Louisiana and, after Hurricane Katrina, was suffering financially, which caused him to file a petition for relief from those obligations. His petition was not heard by the trial court.

In 2007,…