Pineiro v. Pineiro

Appellant was held in civil contempt for selling a marital asset, after a final judgment of dissolution, in violation of earlier orders freezing the asset and granting an attorney’s charging hen against appellant’s marital assets. We reverse.

In 2001, during dissolution proceedings, the court issued a temporary relief order that provided, among other things, that appellant, who was employed by General Electric, was not to withdraw any of her GE stock options without leave of court. In 2003, the court entered an order granting her lawyers, the appellee law firm, a charging lien, and in 2004…