SMITH v. SMITH

Civ. 2042.

380 So.2d 897 (1980)

Harold Wayne SMITH v. Gaye Nell SMITH.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

February 6, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin T. Prestwood and Claude P. Rosser, Jr., Montgomery, for appellant.

Harold Howell, of Howell, Sarto & Howell, Prattville, for appellee.


HOLMES, Judge.

The Circuit Court of Montgomery County found the husband in contempt of court.

The husband, as a result of the contempt, was ordered to pay a compensatory fine to the wife. In the event the husband failed to comply with the court's order, he was to be imprisoned. Put another way, the husband was to be incarcerated if he did not pay the compensatory fine.

The husband, by writ of certiorari and appeal, is before this court.

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