State v. St. Pierre

KLIEBERT, Judge.

On June 6,1984 defendant St. Pierre was charged by bill of information with criminal neglect of family in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:74.1 Defendant was present for arraignment on June 28, 1984; at that time he entered into a stipulation pursuant to LSA-R.S. 14:75 whereby he agreed to pay child support and court costs in the amounts of $200.00 and $10.00 per month respectively. Defendant initially fulfilled the monthly obligations but later stopped making payments.

In response to a request from the defendant’s wife, the district attorney on April 8, 1986 filed a rule for contempt…