Abigail Lynn Sevigny v. Warren Maxwell Sevigny

Syllabus

This is the second post-divorce contempt case between the parties. While Mother's petition for contempt was pending in the trial court, Father filed a petition alleging that Mother was guilty of 29 counts of criminal contempt for various violations of the parties' permanent parenting plan and the mandatory \Parental Bill of Rights\ incorporated into the plan. The trial court: (1) found Mother guilty of seven counts of contempt (2) sentenced Mother to 29 days in jail and (3) awarded Father a portion of his attorney's fees and costs. Mother appeals. Because Father failed to meet his burden to show, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Mother was in criminal contempt of the parenting plan, we reverse the trial court's order.