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CRAMER v. PETRIE

No. 93-1102.

70 Ohio St.3d 131 (1994)

CRAMER ET AL., APPELLEES, v. PETRIE, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 31, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra M. Cramer, pro se.

John A. Kissh, Jr., for appellee Hancock County Child Support Enforcement Agency.

Firmin, Sprague & Huffman Co., L.P.A., and Thomas P. Kemp, for appellant.

Lee Fisher, Attorney General, and Karen Lazorishak, Assistant Attorney General, urging affirmance for amici curiae, state of Ohio and Ohio Department of Human Services.

Michael Patterson, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Human Services Directors' Association.

Kimberly C. Newsom, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio CSEA Directors' Association.

WRIGHT, J.

The sole issue in this case is whether a court may hold a parent in contempt and impose a jail sentence for the parent's failure to comply with an order to pay child support when the child who is the subject of the order is emancipated. We hold that a court may use its contempt powers in such a manner even if the child is emancipated. Accordingly, we affirm the decision of the court of appeals.

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