Armentrout v. Armentrout

*560OPINION

We issued a writ of certiorari in this matter to review a Family Court order (1) denying a contempt motion filed against a nonresident party to a Rhode Island divorce decree and (2) refusing to entertain a motion to amend the contempt motion to add a request to reinstate alimony on the grounds that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over the movant’s former spouse. The Family Court order denied the motion of the petitioner, Marie G. Armentrout (Marie), to adjudge her former husband, respondent Luke A. Ar-mentrout, Jr. (Luke), in contempt; it also denied her motion to amend her…