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McNELIS v. LEAR

889 A.2d 617 (2005)

George B. McNELIS and Jean Plante McNelis, Appellants, v. Robert T. LEAR and Winifred S. Lear, Lewis E. Little and Martha C. Little, v. Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, William G. Schwartz and Susan Sygenda, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 14, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Fleisher, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Gary P. Lightman, Philadelphia, for Little, appellees.

Before: DEL SOLE, P.J., FORD ELLIOTT, STEVENS, MUSMANNO, ORIE MELVIN, LALLY-GREEN, TODD, McCAFFERY and PANELLA, JJ.

OPINION BY DEL SOLE, P.J.:

¶ 1 Presented for review is a trial court order which grants a petition to enforce a settlement agreement, makes a finding of contempt, and imposes sanctions in the amount of $5,000. Upon review we conclude that the order of contempt was entered prematurely, as no specific court directive was disobeyed. It is thus necessary to reverse the trial court order and remand this matter for further proceedings.

¶ 2 The parties...

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