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Matter of the Marrige of Gorger

Oregon Court of Appeals
Nov 12, 1986
728 P.2d 104 (Or. Ct. App. 1986)

Opinion

81-10-1223; CA A36709

Argued and submitted in Pendleton May 9, 1986.

Reversed and remanded November 12, 1986.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Umatilla County, R. B. Abrams, Judge.

Robert Norman Ehmann, Pendleton, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.

No appearance for respondent.

Before Warden, Presiding Judge, and Rossman and Deits, Judges.


PER CURIAM

Reversed and remanded.


Husband appeals from an order adjudging him in contempt for willful failure to pay child support. He contends that the trial court failed to advise him of the right to appointed counsel.

ORS 33.095 requires the court to inform an alleged contemnor, if unrepresented by counsel, of both the right to counsel and the right to appointed counsel, if the alleged contemnor is indigent and if incarceration may result. Husband appeared for the hearing without counsel. The court did not advise him of his right to appointed counsel. Therefore, we reverse and remand. State ex rel Ketcham v. Ketcham, 68 Or. App. 740, 683 P.2d 555 (1984).

Because we are remanding, husband's other assignments of error need not be addressed.

Reversed and remanded.


Summaries of

Matter of the Marrige of Gorger

Oregon Court of Appeals
Nov 12, 1986
728 P.2d 104 (Or. Ct. App. 1986)
Case details for

Matter of the Marrige of Gorger

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Marriage of GORGER, Respondent, and GORGER, Appellant

Court:Oregon Court of Appeals

Date published: Nov 12, 1986

Citations

728 P.2d 104 (Or. Ct. App. 1986)
728 P.2d 104

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