Johnson v. Johnson

Citations

• 154 N.E.3d 310
• 2020 Ohio 1644

Syllabus

After finding appellant in contempt of an Agreed Order entered into with appellee following their divorce, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing appellant to 30 days in jail for each violation of the Agreed Order. The trial court also did not abuse its discretion in ordering appellant to purge his contempt by either providing certain trust documents to appellee or by paying to have the trust documents redrafted. It was also not an abuse of discretion for the trial court to order appellant to pay appellee $250 in court costs and $350 in attorney's fees and to prohibit appellant from admitting an inventory of property into evidence at the contempt hearing. Appellant's claim that the trial court abused its discretion by imposing a 60-day jail term for his being in direct contempt of court six times during the contempt hearing is moot because appellant already completed the 60-day jail sentence. Finally, appellant's claim that the trial court prohibited him from impeaching appellee at the contempt hearing is not supported by the record, and the trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding appellee to be a more credible witness. Judgment affirmed.