Brian D. Skattum v. Devan Collomy
FifthAmendment DueProcess
Can a parent be penalized in a divorce/custody case for exercising 5th/14th Amendment rights in a related criminal case?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED a re Question I: ae ' oe Can the Maine courts penalize a father ina divorce and child custody proceeding, while he is also | a a defendant in a criminal case, for exercising his : Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to non: production of financial records and certain testimony, Le where material issues of both cases arise under the. : same set of facts? ; ; oo, Question IT: ; Did the Maine courts abuse their discretion in . failing to grant a stay of divorce proceedings when a parent in a divorce and child custody proceeding is also a defendant in a criminal case where material ~ issues of both cases arise under the same set of facts, ; and the accuser in the criminal case is the same : parent seeking the divorce? :