CULLIMORE v. LAURETO

Docket No. 21664.

66 Mich. App. 463 (1976)

239 N.W.2d 409

CULLIMORE v. LAURETO

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided January 7, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick E. Salim (by James W. Lang, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Legal Services of Eastern Michigan (by Dolores Coulter), for defendant.

Before: R.B. BURNS, P.J., and D.E. HOLBROOK and D.F. WALSH, JJ.


R.B. BURNS, P.J.

When a father is found in contempt of court and sentenced to jail for failing to make child support payments as required by a divorce judgment, should or must that portion of the payment arrearage which accrued while he was in jail be cancelled from his obligation?

Plaintiff and defendant were divorced in 1967, and defendant was ordered to pay $30 a week as support for their two minor children. Defendant has paid a very minimal amount of support...

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