Legal Opinion

Burbage v. Burbage

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 18, 2009No. 5D08-4102Published

1Opinion of the CourtMonaco, C.J.

The former husband, Robert W. Bur-bage, appeals an order finding him in arrears of his past child support obligation amounting to $4,000, holding that he willfully and deliberately failed to pay that amount to the former wife, Kristine H. Burbage, and finding him in contempt of the order requiring him to pay that amount. The trial court sentenced Mr. Burbage to ninety days in the county jail, and set a purge amount of $4,000. We find no error in the trial court’s findings that there was a valid support order in effect; and that the appellant failed to pay the ordered support; and that the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Patterson v. PattersonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
  2. Dileo v. DileoDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006
  3. Firestone v. FirestoneDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
  4. Rowl v. RowlDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
  5. Heysek v. HeysekDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008

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