P.H.D. v. R.R.D.

OPINION BY WECHT, J.:

In this case, we are called upon to decide whether, after hearing and denying a contempt petition, a trial court nevertheless retains authority in the same proceeding to grant relief ancillary to that contempt petition. We conclude that it does not.

R.R.D. [“Father”] appeals pro se from a March 5, 2012 order dismissing P.H.D. [“Mother”]’s contempt petition. Notwithstanding its decision to deny Mother’s contempt petition, the trial court proceeded sua sponte to “clarify” its previous child custody order entered on June 28, 2011.1 No motion for clarification was pending. No…