People v. Stanley

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant James Stanley appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of Knox County in which he was found in contempt of court for his willful refusal to comply with a court order requiring Stanley to pay $40 a week into court for the support of his four minor children. On the appeal in this court, Stanley contends that his failure to comply with the support order was not willful or contumacious for the reason that his failure was occasioned through his poverty and misfortune which he contends left him unable to pay any amount for…