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TENNYSON v. TENNYSON

No. 1D02-3034.

840 So.2d 377 (2003)

Gary W. TENNYSON, Appellant, v. Marylee TENNYSON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 18, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellant, Pro se.

Susan V. Carroll, Esq., Panama City, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, the former husband, appeals an order holding him in indirect criminal contempt for failure to comply with an order of the trial court directing him to make certain alimony payments to his former wife. Appellant argues the trial judge erred in conducting the show cause hearing in his absence, contrary to the requirements of Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.840. We agree. Because criminal contempt proceedings are punitive in nature, alleged criminal contemnors...

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