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MARRIAGE OF NIELSEN

No. 6257-7-II.

38 Wn. App. 586 (1984)

687 P.2d 877

In the Matter of the Marriage of VIRGINIA NIELSEN, Respondent, and ROBERT DONALD NIELSEN, Appellant.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

August 27, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Donald Nielsen, pro se.

Barry J. Dahl, for respondent.

PETRIE, J.

At the conclusion of a marital dissolution action, Robert Nielsen was summarily sentenced to 7 days in jail for disobeying certain pretrial orders. The contemptuous behavior occurred prior to trial and outside the court's presence. Mr. Nielsen challenges the trial court's authority to punish him summarily. Having found that Mr. Nielsen received inadequate notice and no meaningful opportunity to be heard, we...

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