REGISTER v. PITA

No. 89-85.

546 So.2d 1162 (1989)

William Lacy REGISTER, Appellant, v. Rhonda Register PITA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Register, pro se.

Gregory S. Parker of Smith & Smith, P.A., Perry, for appellee.


ZEHMER, Judge.

William Lacy Register appeals an order finding him in contempt of court for failing to comply with a provision of the final judgment that required him to pay child support. He contends that the trial court improperly used incarceration as a means of punishing him for his failure to pay child support when he did not have the financial ability to purge himself of the contempt.

It is now well established law in this state that a judgment directing...

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