Lanza v. Lanza

Appellant challenges an order finding him in civil contempt for violating two provisions of the final judgment of dissolution. Because we conclude that the contempt order’s purge provision was too broad and indefinite, we reverse.

In the final judgment of dissolution, the terms of the “Model Visitation Schedule” were incorporated. Two of those terms are at issue in this case. The first provides that the child is not to be exposed to hostility and conflict, nor is the child to be used as a messenger between the parents. The second term provides that a request for cancellation of visitation must…