Section 12 Review

• Library: Remedies 2006

A party may appeal from a conviction for civil contempt as long as the order is final, that is, as long as an order of commitment has been issued. In re Marriage of Crow & Gilmore, 103 S.W.3d 778 (Mo. banc 2003); Eaton v. Bell, 127 S.W.3d 690 (Mo. App. W.D. 2004). The order finding a party in contempt is not a final judgment from which an appeal may be taken. The order is interlocutory and not appealable until there is actual incarceration in accordance with a specific warrant of commitment. See:

• Eaton v. Bell, 127 S.W.3d 690

• Yalem v. Yalem, 811 S.W.2d 493 (Mo. App. E.D. 1991)

• Boemler Chevrolet Co. v. Combs, 764 S.W.2d 655 (Mo. App. E.D. 1988) (order interlocutory and unappealable when judge suspended execution of...