Tremblay v. Tremblay

PARIENTE, Judge.

The former husband appeals an order finding him in civil contempt for failure to pay the former wife’s appellate attorney’s fees of $9,399.30 and ordering him incarcerated if he should fail to comply. We reverse the trial court’s contempt order because the record does not support a finding that the eontem-nor possessed the present ability to comply with the purge conditions and because inaccurate representations to the trial court may have influenced the trial court’s decision to hold the former husband in contempt.

The former husband appeared pro se at a hearing on the motion…