Domestic Relations Purge Hearing Sentences Held February 15, 2008

04PA0185 Elissa A. Minor v. Robert M. Frazier
Mr. Frazier was found in contempt of court on October 31, 2007. For the four month purge period, to avoid jail, Mr. Frazier was ordered to pay his original child support amount of $224.81 per month plus $44.96 per month toward his arrearage plus 2% administrative fee per month to CSEA. His purge period total due was $1,100.66; Mr. Frazier made his last payment in November 2007 for a total paid $446.88, or 41% compliance. At the purge hearing held February 15, Judge Mary Kovack found the defendant to be incarcerated. Under Ohio Law, incarceration is not a defense regarding nonpayment of child support obligation. The judge ordered the defendant to serve ten consecutive days in the Medina County jail concurrent to the time he is currently serving on unrelated charges.


01PA0186 Stefanie D. Bird v. Dennis J. Staten, Jr.
04PA0108 Tanya M. Shrout v. Dennis J. Staten, Jr.
Mr. Staten is the defendant in two cases. He was not present for the purge hearings held February 15, 2008. In the first case, he owes over $18,000 and made no payments. In the second case, he owes over $19,000 and made no payments. In each case, Judge Kovack found that he had not purged his contempt and ordered him to serve 4 days in the county jail upon apprehension for each case, with the two sentences to be served consecutively.