This is an appeal from an order holding appellant in civil contempt, and ordering him to pay the sum of $40.74 to appellee. Appellant and appellee are husband and wife. In response to a petition filed by appellee, the trial court entered an order on September 7, 1989 directing, inter alia, that appellant and appellee have no direct or indirect contact with one another, except through counsel. Testimony in the case indicated that on September 22, 1989, appellant went to appellee’s residence, went underneath appellee’s 1989 Chrysler LeBaron, and cut a radiator hose. While the testimony presented was not entirely free of inconsistencies, the trial court found that appellant’s testimony was incredible and appellee’s testimony was credible, and held that appellant had indirectly contacted appellee, in violation of the court order. Based on this finding, the court held appellant to be in civil contempt and ordered him to pay to appellee $40.74, the amount of repairs to appellee’s car.
Appellant presents one issue for our consideration: whether the evidence presented is sufficient to sustain a finding of civil contempt?
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In reviewing a finding of civil contempt we begin with the premise that “[e]ach court is the exclusive judge of contempts against its process, and on appeal its action will be reversed only when a plain abuse of discretion occurs.”
Fatemi v. Fatemi,
Order affirmed.
Notes
. In his brief, appellant presents a second issue, concerning whether the trial court followed the five-step procedure for civil contempt proceedings set forth in
Whitt v. Philadelphia Housing Auth.,
