GRIFFIN v. GRIFFIN

No. AZ-208.

461 So.2d 251 (1984)

Randolph Elias GRIFFIN, Appellant, v. Sclena Pearl GRIFFIN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin S. Page, Lake City; and Daniel A. McKeever, Live Oak, for appellant.

Charles L. Carlton, Lakeland; and J. Victor Africano, Live Oak, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant-husband was found to be in civil contempt for failure to pay his alimony and child support obligations and sentenced to jail. The husband concedes there is sufficient evidence to support a finding of contempt, but he contends there is insufficient evidence in this record that he has the present financial ability to purge himself and therefore he cannot be committed to jail for civil contempt. We agree. Bowen v. Bowen,

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