FENNELL v. FELTON

No. 95-1094.

655 So.2d 1316 (1995)

Gerry FENNELL, Petitioner, v. Charles FELTON, Director, Dade County Correctional, Etc. Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 14, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Louis Campbell, Asst. Public Defender, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Angelica D. Zayas, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and COPE, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This is an application for habeas corpus challenging the incarceration of the petitioner for contempt and sentencing him to 45 days in the county jail for failure to make court-ordered child support payments. The order contained a purge condition permitting the petitioner to gain his immediate release upon the payment of $1,000 into the central depository of the court.

It is undisputed that the petitioner was in arrearage for child support payments...

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