PAMELA BELL, APPELLANT,

v.

JAMES D. HICKMAN, SR., AND ZONA MARIE HICKMAN, HIS WIFE, APPELLEES

Citator

Cited By

• Betancourt v. Manning, 679 So. 2d 83 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996)
  …and committing him to jail for his failure to pay past due child support and [*84] attorney’s fees is deficient on its face because it does not contain a finding that Betancourt has the present ability to pay the purge amount. See Johnson v. Felton, 655 So. 2d 1286 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995); Fennell v. Felton, 655 So. 2d 1316 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995); Pino v. Felton, 647 So. 2d 335 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995). Moreover,. the record contains no evidence that he, in fact, has that ability. Bowen v. Bowen, 471 So. 2d 1274 (Fla.1985).…
• Nivia Lascaibar v. Lascaibar, 715 So. 2d 1042 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998)
  …t proceedings are appropriate where the party in default has continually and willfully neglected court-ordered support obligations, or- has affirmatively divested him or herself of assets and property. See Bowen at 1279. See also Johnson v. Felton, 655 So. 2d 1286, 1287 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995)(holding in an appropriate case, the trial court may employ contempt as a punitive sanction, accomplished by initiating proceedings for indirect criminal contempt under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.840.) Under the ins…
• Portee v. Manning, 702 So. 2d 546 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997)
  …the petitioner is to be released forthwith where there was insufficient evidence to support the lower court’s determination that the petitioner has the present ability to pay the purge amount in this civil contempt proceeding. See Johnson v. Felton, 655 So. 2d 1286 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995).…

Authorities Cited

• Wiley v. Roof, 641 So. 2d 66 (Fla. 1994)