Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court February 12, 1990 (Edgar v. Edgar)

Lynch,

J. In April, 1987, the defendant Charles M. Edgar was found guilty of criminal contempt by a Probate Court judge, for failing to comply with a child support order. He was sentenced to jail for a fixed term and was also ordered to pay his former wife, the plaintiff, Cheryl A. Edgar, arrearages plus attorney’s fees, pursuant to G. L. c. 215, § 34A (1986 ed.).