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STATE EX REL. N.A. v. G.S.

No. 89-1553.

156 Wis.2d 338 (1990)

456 N.W.2d 867

STATE EX REL. N.A., Petitioner-Respondent, v. G.S., Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided April 17, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Kenneth P. Casey, chief of the appellate division.

On behalf of the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the brief of Thomas R. Marlier, corporation counsel for Barron County.

Before Cane, P.J., LaRocque and Myse, JJ.

CANE, P.J.

G.S. appeals an order finding him in contempt for failure to pay court-ordered child support and requiring him to begin employment within thirty days or face a thirty-day jail term. G.S. contends that the order is an abuse of discretion in a remedial (civil) contempt proceeding because he is denied an opportunity to purge the contempt order by compliance. We agree and hold that because the order does not allow...

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