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IN RE MARRIAGE OF DENNIS

No. 81-2033.

110 Wis.2d 442 (1982)

329 N.W.2d 272

IN RE the MARRIAGE OF Beverlee DENNIS and David Dennis: David DENNIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Wisconsin, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 28, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Cwayna, Novitzke, Byrnes, Gust & Williams and David M. Erspamer of Amery.

For the respondent there was a brief by Arthur Thexton, Barron County assistant district attorney, of Barron.

Before Foley, P.J., Dean and Cane, JJ.

FOLEY, P.J.

David Dennis appeals a judgment holding him in contempt of court orders that required him to pay child support and to look for additional or alternative employment. He claims that the court did not have the authority to order him to look for other work and could not hold him in contempt when he did not have the financial ability to comply with the orders.2 Because the court had the inherent power to order Dennis to look for...

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