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RUSSELL v. ARMITAGE

No. 95-364.

697 A.2d 630 (1997)

Sherry RUSSELL v. John ARMITAGE.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

May 2, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Agnes S. Hughes, Child Support Collections Attorney, Rutland, for Vermont Office of Child Support.

Robert Appel, Defender General, and William A. Nelson, Appellate Attorney, Montpelier, for defendant-appellant.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and GIBSON, DOOLEY, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ.

GIBSON, Justice.

Defendant John Armitage appeals from an order of the Rutland Family Court that ordered him incarcerated for failing to purge himself of civil contempt in this child-support enforcement action. Defendant contends that the court erred by (1) failing to appoint counsel to represent him at the initial contempt hearing; (2) holding him in contempt without first finding that he had the present ability to pay the child support; and (3) imposing a purgative...

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