Legal Opinion

Blomdahl v. Blomdahl

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided April 13, 2011No. 20100053PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CROTHERS, Justice.

[¶ 1] Mary Blomdahl appeals from a district court order denying her motion to find Russell Blomdahl in contempt for failing to comply with a 1993 divorce judgment awarding her personal property. We affirm the district court’s order, concluding the district court did not err in denying her motion because a contempt of court motion cannot be maintained based on a divorce judgment that expired after ten years without being renewed.

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[¶ 2] Russell Blomdahl and Mary Blomdahl entered a stipulation that was incorporated into a February 1993 divorce judgment, which provided:

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2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. County of Stutsman v. State Historical Society of North DakotaNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Falcon v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Van Dyke v. Van DykeNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
  4. M.M. v. Fargo Public School District No. 1North Dakota Supreme Court · 2010
  5. City of Fargo v. Annexation Review Commission of Cass CountyNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1966

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3Cited by11 opinions

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  5. Nygaard v. Taylor, Stanley v. TaylorNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2017

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