Jones v. State

RAKER, Judge.

This case is an appeal from a finding of civil contempt for failure to pay court-ordered child support. Appellant raises two questions for our review:

I. Whether the trial court erred in accepting counsel’s admission of contempt on behalf of Appellant, where the charge and its consequences were not explained to Appellant, where Appellant did not personally address the court, and where there was nothing in the record evidencing Appellant’s knowledge of his due process right to contest the charges.

II. Whether the circuit court imposed an illegal disposition for civil contempt.

For…