State ex rel. Lesher v. Kainrad

Appellant’s several propositions of law raised in this appeal can be grouped into two categories: (1) the validity of the divorce decree of July 19, 1977, due to the alleged failure to comply with Civ. R. 53, and (2) the validity of the findings that appellant was in contempt of court orders, due to alleged irregularities.

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Referee Meal was appointed by Judge Kainrad pursuant to Civ. R. 53, which reads, in part: “(C)***[T]he referee has and shall exercise the power to regulate all proceedings in every hearing before him as if by the court and to do all acts and take all measures necessary or…