Andrew Isaacs v. Marcia Isaacs

Florida Family Law Rule 12.615(d)(1) provides that a contempt order must contain findings that a contemnor had the present ability to pay support and willfully failed to comply with a prior court order. Also, the rule requires a contempt order to contain “a recital of the facts on which these findings are based.” If a court decides that incarceration is the appropriate sanction, the contempt order must also contain “a separate affirmative finding that the contemnor has the present ability to comply with the purge and the factual basis for that finding.” Fla. Fam. L.R.P. 12.615(e); Ramirez v.…