Furtado v. Furtado

The basis of this proceeding is a complaint filed Sepember 10, 1976, specifically for civil contempt. (The word "criminal” had been struck in the form used, Mass.R.Dom.Rel.P. Form 103 [1975].) The complaint alleges that the defendant "has not obeyed” a judgment entered on April 29,1976, which ordered him to pay child support of $35 per week, plus $5 per week on account of accumulated arrearages. Payments were to be made directly to the Family Service Office of the Probate Court. The complaint further alleges that the defendant "has violated the order on May 1, 1976 and on various other…