child support and temporary spousal support. When the payments were not made, Tina petitioned the court for contempt and enforcement of the temporary order. The trial judge determined, after a hearing, that James had the current ability to pay the support, found James in contempt of court and sentenced him to 30 days in the county jail if he did not pay the purge amount of $518.00. James was also ordered to continue to pay temporary support payments. We affirm the entry of the contempt order. The trial judge made affirmative findings that James’ income had increased and that he had recently acquired a substantial asset, a new double-wide mobile home. The court found James had the present ability to pay the support and the arrearages. See Bowen v. Bowen, 471 So.2d 1274 (Fla. 1985) (<HOLDING>). We reverse, however, to afford the trial
holding that the district court committed reversible error by imposing criminal sanctions in a civil proceeding which did not afford the contemnor the procedural protections the constitution requires for the imposition of criminal contempt sanctions holding that the trial court failed to exercise its discretion by stating that it did not have the ability to present the transcript to the jury holding that a contempt finding may be averted if the alleged contemnor establishes 1 holding that incarceration for civil contempt cannot be imposed absent a finding by the trial court that the eontemnor has the present ability to purge himself of contempt holding that because civil contempt is only to obtain compliance it must be used only where the contemnor has the present ability to comply with the court order and the trial court specifically finds that the contemnor has that ability