Mr. Walsh’s client owed $27,000 in child support. If the court determined that Mr. Walsh’s client had refused to pay that child support his client faced up to six months of jail. At the trial (it was a trial without a jury because no juries are allowed for contempt of court cases), Mr. Walsh proved that his client had been, and continued to be, destitute. Although he should pay the child support, he can’t pay what he doesn’t have. The judge found as a matter of law that Mr. Walsh’s client had not refused to try to pay the child support obligation; and therefore, he was Not Guilty.