Burchett v. Burchett

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 8124

Syllabus

Appellant forfeited any arguable error, and actually invited any alleged error, that might be associated with the trial court's decision not to hold a hearing on the appellant's contempt motion. Appellant (1) did not object when the court converted the contempt hearing into a pre-trial conference (2) participated in the pre-trial conference (3) responded to the appellee's motion to dismiss, and (4) failed to object, and thus acquiesced, when the court set the matter for a non-oral hearing. Generally, Ohio courts have recognized that a trial court does not abuse its discretion by not conducting a hearing on a contempt motion when no hearing was requested.