In Re the Marriage of Nussbeck

We granted certiorari in this dissolution of marriage case to decide whether a trial court may enforce its order requiring payment of maintenance and child support through contempt proceedings after a money judgment has been entered on amounts not paid. 1 The court of appeals held that it could not and reversed the trial court’s punitive contempt order reasoning that “[t]he entry of a judg ment at law and the prosecution of a ... contempt citation are alternative, not duplica-tive, remedies.” In re Marriage of Nussbeck, 949 P.2d 73, 77 (Colo.App.1997). We review the judgment of the court of…