Womack v. Womack

Steele Hays, Justice.

When Albert and Judy Womack divorced in 1985 Albert Womack was ordered to pay $425 per month to Judy Womack as permanent alimony “in lieu of her right to receive said amount as a distribution of marital property.” The amount was one-half of Albert Womack’s military disability compensation paid pursuant to 10 U.S.C. §§ 1201 and 1202 (1986) and 38 U.S.C. §§ 3104 and 3105 (1981).

From November 1988 through December 1990 Albert Womack paid nothing to Judy Womack and in July 1990 she petitioned the chancery court to find Albert Womack in contempt. He responded that he had…