BRANUM v. STATE

No. 40A01-0408-JV-371.

829 N.E.2d 622 (2005)

Billy Joe BRANUM, Appellant-Respondent, v. STATE of Indiana, as Assignee of the Support Rights of Leisa K. Sandlin, Appellee-Petitioner.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

June 23, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Frohman, Beth K. Silberstein, Indiana Legal Services, Bloomington, for Appellant.

Steve Carter, Attorney General of Indiana, Matthew D. Fisher, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, for Appellee.


OPINION ON REHEARING

NAJAM, Judge.

Billy Joe Branum has filed a petition for rehearing asking that we clarify our holding regarding his sentence for contempt for failure to pay child support. In particular, Branum asserts that we "failed to adequately explain that conditioning a contemnor's release from a civil contempt jail sentence on his willingness to comply with the child support order is legally allowable only if the contemnor has the current ability...

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