In re S.M.J.

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 1495

Syllabus

In light of appellant's repeated failure to pay child support, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding that appellant failed to comply with purge conditions for a second contempt or in requiring him to serve the remainder of a previously imposed 60-day jail sentence. Concerning a third contempt finding for failure to pay child support, appellant did not object to a magistrate's decision finding him in contempt, and there was no plain error appellant admittedly failed to pay as ordered. The court also did not abuse its discretion when, during a later hearing, it suspended the 90-day sentence for the third contempt and imposed purge conditions. Given appellant's conduct and failure to provide any documentation of his excuses for non-payment, the court's decision was reasonable. Judgment affirmed.