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IN THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS
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Linda Anderson fka Linda LaRee  )  MEMORANDUM DECISION  
Thompson,  )  (Not For Official Publication)  
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Petitioner and Appellee,  )  Case No. 20070514-CA  
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v. Glenn Hunter Thompson,  ) ) )  F I L E D (May 15, 2008)  
Respondent and Appellant.  ) )  2008 UT App 170  

Third District, Tooele Department, 994300102
The Honorable Mark S. Kouris

Attorneys: Bruce L. Richards and Dean A. Stuart, Salt Lake City,

for Appellant

David J. Friel, Salt Lake City, for Appellee

Before Judges Thorne, Bench, and Davis.

DAVIS, Judge:

Glenn Hunter Thompson (Husband) appeals from the district
court's order holding him in contempt. He also appeals the
district court's determination in that same order that Linda
Anderson fka Linda LaRee Thompson (Wife) need not refund him a
child support overpayment. Husband further argues that because
of these errors, the district court improperly awarded Wife
attorney fees and costs, and should have instead awarded attorney
fees and costs to him. We reverse and remand.

Husband primarily challenges the contempt ruling. "The
decision to hold a party in contempt of court rests within the
sound discretion of the trial court and will not be disturbed on
appeal unless the trial court's action 'is so unreasonable as to
be classified as capricious and arbitrary, or a clear abuse of
discretion.'" Marsh v. Marsh, 1999 UT App 14,

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