IN RE MARRIAGE OF MORRISS

No. KCD 29529.

573 S.W.2d 101 (1978)

In re MARRIAGE OF Shirley T. MORRISS and George F. Morriss. Shirley T. Morriss, Petitioner-Appellant, and George F. Morriss, Respondent-Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

October 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh D. Kranitz, Kranitz & Kranitz, St. Joseph, for petitioner-appellant.

Don Pierce, St. Joseph, for respondent-respondent.

Before SOMERVILLE, P. J., and DIXON and TURNAGE, JJ.


DIXON, Judge.

This is an appeal by the wife from the award of a $150 attorney's fee in a civil contempt action arising from a show cause order issued at the instance of the husband asserting the wife had willfully disobeyed a visitation order.

The trial court found that the wife had willfully violated the visitation order and that finding is not contested. The sole issue is the propriety of the award of the attorney's fee.

The wife asserts in a single...

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