In Re the Marriage of Long

On September 14,1993, petitioner Pamela Maliniak filed a motion to modify the decree dissolving her marriage to respondent Earl Long, and a motion to have him held in contempt in the District Court for the Eleventh Judicial District in Flathead County. On March 16, 1994, based on a hearing which Earl did not attend, the court entered its order in which it found Earl in contempt of court; ordered that he pay past due child support; maintain health insurance for the children; and pay Pamela’s attorney fees. Earl moved the court, pursuant to Rule 60, M.R.Civ.R, to set aside, alter, or amend the…