In Re Marriage of Sawyer

Petitioner Madeleine Sawyer, now known as Madeleine Costello, brought a "Petition for Rule to Show Cause” alleging that her former husband, Raymond Sawyer, wilfully neglected his obligation to pay expenses regarding their daughter Jennifer’s college education, travel, medical bills, and medical and life insurance benefits while he was incarcerated in a Federal penitentiary and subsequent to his release.

After an initial ruling by a judge who retired from the bench before committing his order to writing, a subsequent judge on rehearing held, contrary to the original judge, that Raymond was…