By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//November 4, 2010//
By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//November 4, 2010//
Civil Procedure
Summary reversal
Beth Ann Lovern appeals from an order in a postjudgment divorce case finding her in contempt of court for failing to pay guardian ad litem (GAL) fees as previously ordered, and ordering forty days’ jail as a remedial sanction, to be purged by making ongoing and past-due GAL payments. Lovern contends that the circuit court’s order violated Lovern’s rights to due process and equal protection of the law and that the court failed to make a proper finding that Lovern was capable of complying with the GAL fee payment order. Because neither her former husband, Ronald Frank Kuka, nor the GAL have filed a brief despite orders of this court to Kuka, we summarily reverse. This opinion will not be published.
2010AP997 In re the Finding of Contempt in re the Marriage of Beth Ann Lovern and Ronald Frank Kuka
Dist IV, Dane County, Flanagan, J., Blanchard, J.
Attorneys: For Appellant: Ebbott, John F., Milwaukee; For Respondent: Schuster, Elizabeth Fay, Madison