Fernandez v. Fernandez

Three months after the trial court entered final judgment dissolving the parties’ marriage, the court held appellant in contempt for failure to pay child support. Appellant primarily complains that the trial court erred (1) by finding that he had failed to rebut the presumption of ability to pay either the support amounts or the purge provision and (2) by failing to make the necessary findings to support its order. We affirm.

In the final judgment, the trial court had recited the appellant’s salary and determined the amount of child support based upon the parties’ respective incomes. The court…