JONES v. JONES

No. CA-4798.

488 So.2d 1187 (1986)

Carol Hensley JONES v. John Michael JONES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.D. Freeman, Satterlee, Mestayer & Freeman, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

William F. Bologna, John C. McNeese, Habans & Bologna, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before SCHOTT, BYRNES, JJ., and HUFFT, J. Pro Tem.


SCHOTT, Judge.

This is an appeal by John Michael Jones from a judgment holding him in contempt of court for failing to comply with a previous judgment obliging him to pay various sums for the benefit of his minor children. The principal issue is whether the trial judge committed manifest error in rejecting appellant's defense that he was financially unable to comply with the previous judgment and in finding he was guilty of wilful disobedience.

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