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~ IN TH~: . .RCUIT COURi OF 'IHF,
t~p NINETEENTH JUI~ICIAI. CIRCUIT
; ~t~~50 ~)F FI.ORIDA~ IN ANA ~'OR
~ ,~T. I.UCir: COUNTY.
CI,; E N0. 80--295-FR-04
D~PARTMcNT OF HEALTH AN13 REHABILITATIV~
: SERVIC~S OF THE STATE aF FLORIAA~ etc.,
~ Petitioner,
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~ -vs- ORDER OF CONTEMPT
~ ~ AND INCOMF DEDUCTION
TERRY LEE SMITH, .
Respondent.
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THIS CAUSE was heard on NOVEMBFR 29, 1982, upon the t~iotion for
Enforcement and Contempt previously filed herein by the Petitioner, and the
Respondent having been preseist in open court in ~~rson, and the Petitioner having
been present in open court in person and represented by counsel., and the Court
~ having heard all of the testimony of the par~ies, the Court finds that the
~ Respondent h~d and has had the ability to comply wir.h the order of thi~ Court and
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~ failed to do so and the Court being otherwise fully and well advised i~ the
premises, it is therefore
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; ADJODGED that the Respondent, TERRY LEE SMITFi, is guilty of willful ~
i contempt of this Court for failure to comply with the lawful orders of this Court
concerning child su~iport payments in the amount of $1120.00, amount due as of the
~ . date of hearing, and he is ad3udged in contempt of this Caurt and it is
' ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that as punishment for his contempt the Respondent
' shall be confined in the St. Lucie Count} Jail, Fort Pierce, Florida, for a period
~ of 45 days, that the sQntence of contem~t is suspended until DECFMBER 29, 1982,~
` conditioned upon the Respondent paying to the Clerk o€ Circuit Court of this_
~ county on or before DEC~MBER 29, 1982, the sum of $373.33, plus $2.00 statutory
~ fee. If the Respondent pays $373.33 on or bef~re DECEMBER 23, 1982, then he shall
have an additional thirty (30) days to pay $373.33 and so on and so forth until
the entire arrearage is paid in full; howevex, if the Respondent does not pay
~ $373.33 on or before DECEMBEF 29, 1982t then ~he entire arrearage of 5920.00 shall
becomE due and owing.Upon the failure of the Respondent to make payment in full of
! the atoresaid amount on or before DLCEMBER 29, 1982, you and your duly authorized ~
~ deputies are therefore and ~ ~ ~
ALL AND SINGULAR THE SHERIFFS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA are ordered to
~ take into custody the above-named Respnndent as soon as he can be found and
' deliver him to the 3heriff of St. Lucie County,-Florida, for the execution of the
; above described judgment and sentence. The Cl.erk of Circuit Court and this Court
~ shall be promptly notified of his arrest. It is further -
~ ORDERED AND A~JUDGED ~hat the Clerk of Circuit Court shall and is hereby
ordered to forward said arrearage payments receivQd from the Respondent utitil the _
~bove arrearage is paid in full to tt?e Degartment of Health and Re~iahilitative
~ Services, Child Support Enforcement Section, 1317 Winewood Boulevard, Tallahassee,
Florida, 32304. The above arrearage pa_yment shall be in~addition to the regular
' support payment hereinbefore ordered by this Cour~ and said. paymPnt sha1.L
~ continue. Said regular supFort Fayment shall be sent by the Clerk of Circuit
~j Court [o the Departnent of Health and Rehabilitat~ive S~rvices unless a Notice has
been or is filed by the Department directing sai~i payment to the custo~ial parent.
Additionally, it is l:ereby ordered p~xrsuant to Chapter $2-140, Laws of
~ Florida (1982), that the empZayer of the Itespondent 4ha1~ deduct the sums herein
~ provided on a periodic basis from the income due the Res~ondent an~ remit same,
after deducting its charge for handling, to the Court Registry. Such income
= deduction ahall not be effective until the Respondent is delinquent in two (2} ~
~ child support payments and has failed to pay all arrearages and past public
~ . assistance obligations. Service of this order on the employer b;~ the office of
~ Child Support Enforce~ent of the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative
; Services shall be prima facie ~vidence that the above conditions hav~ occurred. `
Upon receipt of -this order,.the employer sha11 govern himself accardingly and -
~ remiC paymen~ forthwith. This income deduction order shall be~in addition to, not
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~ ir. lieu of, al.l other remedies provided herein ar hereafter.
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~ORDERED AND ADJUDGED th~t this o:der of contempt does not annul any
prior order(s) of centempt or drder(s) relating Co support arrearages. Said prior ~
ordprs shall rema~n in full force and effect until the support arrearages are paid ~
t in fu11 or~until further order of this Court. ~
~ DONE AND ORUERED aC Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla~ida, on this
~ ~ day of December, 1982._ - ~
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