MATTER OF MARRIAGE OF COUEY

CC 28564; CA A62175; SC S37940.

821 P.2d 1086 (1991)

312 Or. 302

In the Matter of the MARRIAGE OF Shirley Gean COUEY, Nka Shirley Badger, Petitioner, and Glen Lee Couey, Respondent. State ex rel. Shirley BADGER, Petitioner On Review, v. Glen Lee COUEY, Respondent On Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided December 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jas. Adams, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause, for petitioner on review. With him on the petition were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Theresa M. Kohlhoff, Wilsonville, argued the cause, for respondent on review.


CARSON, Chief Justice.

The issue in this case is whether a trial court must find that a party acted both willfully and with bad intent before it may find the party guilty of contempt. The trial court found that respondent father willfully had disobeyed a court order, and it found him guilty of contempt. The Court of Appeals vacated the contempt judgment and remanded the case to the trial court to make findings on whether respondent had acted with a "bad intent...

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