Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1999

Ketola v. Ketola

Ketola v. Ketola
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided October 25, 1999 · Benton, Joanos, Wolf
743 So. 2d 1175; 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 14007; 1999 WL 965584 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Ketola v. Ketola

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The trial court adjudicated appellant in contempt of court for failure to pay former husband’s attorney’s fees as previously ordered, and ordered her incarceration should she fail to pay the purge amount. The court erred in doing so without permitting appellant to submit her financial affidavit, which she attempted to do in an effort to demonstrate her current inability to pay the full amount due. Further, the record does not support a finding that she had the ability to pay the full purge amount at the time of hearing. Therefore we REVERSE and REMAND for further consistent proceedings.

JOANOS, WOLF and BENTON, JJ., CONCUR.

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