High Court frees husband jailed over maintenance
Mr Justice Gerard Hogan said proceedings by the husband for his release had raised important issues concerning the district court’s jurisdiction to sentence a defaulting maintenance debtor to pris-on for contempt of court.
He said the man, identified only as DH, had been married to a foreigner since 1993 and the relationship had broken down in 2008. The district court had made an order requiring DH to pay his wife maintenance of €1,000 a month.
