Commonwealth v. McCall

By Judge J. Michael Gamble

This case comes to this Court on appeal from the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court (“J. & D. R. Court”) by the Defendant from an order of the J. & D. R. Court holding him in contempt and imposing a jail sentence by virtue of his failure to pay child support as ordered.

On November 23, 1992, the J. & D. R. Court found McCall guilty of contempt for failure to pay support, set the support arrearage as of October 31,1992, at $3,370.00, sentenced the Defendant to 365 days in jail, with 265 suspended, and directed that ”100 days to serve unless arrearage paid…