In Re Coppock

To be enforceable by contempt, a judgment must clearly order or command a party to perform the obligations imposed and the terms for compliance must be clear and unequivocal. Because the judgment challenged in this proceeding lacks the necessary clarity, we grant the petition for writ of habeas corpus and set aside the order of contempt as void.

Raymond Coppock and Gayle Magness, formerly Gayle Coppock, divorced in October 2003. The trial court’s final decree of divorce incorporated a mediated settlement agreement between the parties which, among other things, permanently enjoined them from…