Legal Opinion · Dissent

Gauthier v. Gauthier

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided December 18, 2013No. 2012-1398Published

1DissentKennedy, J.

{¶ 2} I respectfully dissent from the decision to dismiss this appeal as having been improvidently accepted. Appellant’s, Forrest Gauthier’s, proposition of law regarding whether a trial court’s finding of contempt, with the opportunity to purge, is a final, appealable order presents a matter of public or great general interest, and I would address the merits of the appeal.

Background

{¶ 3} Appellant and appellee, Su Kang Gauthier, were granted a decree of divorce on March 3, 2009. The decree stated that appellant and appellee had entered into a written full-text separation agreement that…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Pitts v. Ohio Department of TransportationOhio Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Chain Bike Corp. v. Spoke 'N Wheel, Inc.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1979
  3. State, Ex Rel. Doe v. TracyOhio Court of Appeals · 1988
  4. State v. BartrumOhio Supreme Court · 2009
  5. In re R.T.A.Ohio Court of Appeals · 2012

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