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Former Wife’s counsel did not call this motion up for
hearing until June 23, 1994, at which time the Court
removed the freeze on certain assets and temporarily
made certain assets available to the parties for use to
sustain them on an interim basis [by an order filed on
July 1, 1994 (the July 1, 1994, order)]. The Former
Wife’s counsel did not bring on for hearing the
temporary support motion until August 18, 1994, at
which time the Court ordered unallocated child support
and alimony in the amount of $2500 per month, with the
first payment to be made on August 19, 1994. The Order
Setting Unallocated Child Support and Alimony is dated
September 8, 1994, nunc pro tunc to August 18, 1994
[(the September 8, 1994, order)]. This order provided
for disposition of certain assets to fund the temporary
unallocated child support and alimony based upon
Mr. Stahl’s voluntary relinquishment of his $60,000 per
year job at E-Systems.2
4. On March 29, 1995, the Court heard the Former
Wife’s Motion for Order of Contempt in which the Former
Wife proved that the Former Husband had not paid the
unallocated child support or alimony as previously
ordered. The Court found that the Former Husband,
Robert L. Stahl, willfully violated the Order of this
Court dated September 8, 1994 and refused to pay the
child support or pay to or on behalf of the Former Wife
the Hughes IRA account and other assets so as to pay
the unallocated child support and alimony. The Court
further ordered that Robert L. Stahl be committed to
the Pinellas County Jail for a period of 90 days or
until such time as he purges himself from willful
contempt of court. The Court found that Robert L.
Stahl had the ability to purge the contempt and
otherwise provided for the release from the County Jail
on the payment of the purged amount.
5. Although the Former Husband presently resides
in Dallas, Texas, and the Court cannot extradite the
Former Husband from Texas for incarceration on a civil
contempt order, Robert L. Stahl voluntarily presented
himself to the Pinellas County Jail and requested
2 The Sept. 8, 1994, order required that the proceeds from
the assets disposed of were to be paid to Ms. Hodson’s attorney,
Roxann D. Seeley, who was to pay out to Ms. Hodson the $2,500 a
month ordered as unallocated child support and alimony.
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