NOVAK v. SNIEDA

No. 94-02995.

659 So.2d 1138 (1995)

Anthony J. NOVAK, Appellant, v. Teresa H. SNIEDA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Novak, pro se.

J. Michael Coleman, Naples, for appellee.


PARKER, Acting Chief Judge.

Anthony J. Novak,1 the defendant in the trial court, appeals the trial court's order granting the plaintiff's motion for contempt for failure to answer questions in a deposition conducted in aid of execution. We reverse, concluding that the order directs an adjudication of contempt and prospective incarceration without the requisite due process safeguards and Fifth Amendment considerations.

In 1992 Teresa...

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