State Ex Rel. Bassett v. Bassett

This is an appeal from an order adjudging the defendant in contempt for refusing to comply with the decree of the circuit court for Marion county requiring the defendant to contribute to the support of his minor children.

In 1930 that court granted the relatrix, Hope Bassett, a decree of divorce from the defendant, Baymond H. Bassett, the appellant here, and by such decree ordered him to pay to the relatrix the sum of $100 per month for the support and maintenance of their three minor children. In 1932, the amount of such monthly payments was, by order of the court, reduced to $50.

On May 6,…