Jett v. Jett

While I agree that the trial court properly found the husband was in contempt, I dissent to the reversal of the trial court’s conditions for the husband to purge himself of contempt. The majority has taken away the discretion of the trial court to enforce its own contempt orders, except by requiring jail time. In the end, the parties to a divorce action would be better served by permitting trial courts flexibility in interpreting the settlement to carry out the couple’s intent, without having to resort to incarceration of the contumacious party.

In this case, the trial court’s order did not…