Brown v. Brown

ORDER

Richard E. Brown was held in contempt of court because he failed to pay his court-ordered child support and sentenced to jail for “not less than 30 days.” He has appealed contending he lacks (and lacked at the time of the contempt hearing) the present ability to make the purge payment.

This matter is before us now on a motion for an order staying the arrest portion of the Order of Contempt until the appeal is decided. Because of vagueness of the Order of contempt, we grant the stay order until we can review the record. Although the trial court found that Brown “has the ability to meet his…