Murphy v. Murphy

A divorce modification case and a contempt proceeding have been consolidated for purposes of this appeal.

This court for clarity will first dispose of the divorce modification aspect of the consolidated appeal.

I

The parties were divorced in February of 1983. The husband appealed the trial court's divorce decree to this court on May 25, 1983. On May 31, 1983, the husband, while the appeal was pending, filed in the trial court a petition to modify the February divorce decree.

The trial court on July 15, 1983, entered the following order.

"Upon consideration of the defendant's Petition for…