District Court of Appeal of Florida July 28, 1983, No. 83-821 (Pattinson v. Stephens)

ON MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL

COWART, Judge.

We dismiss this appeal taken by a former husband from a final order finding appellant’s former wife to not be in criminal contempt of court. As distinguished from civil contempt, which is court coercion applied for the benefit of a civil litigant, the only proper objective of criminal contempt is as punishment to vindicate the authority of a court.