Legal Opinion
Kephart v. Kephart
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 3, 1952No. 10446_1PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge,
with whom Chief Judge STEPHENS and Circuit Judges CLARK, PRETTYMAN and PROCTOR concur:
In this case the United States District Court for the District of Columbia denied a divorced wife’s motion that her former husband be held in contempt for failing to pay alimony which the court had theretofore decreed to her; and refused to award her a “money judgment” against him for installments of alimony which had become due and were unpaid, despite the fact that the original decree under which the installments accrued had never been modified or set aside.
The wife’s appeal…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Barber v. Barber Ex Rel. CronkhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1859
- Sistare v. SistareSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Griffin v. GriffinSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Yarborough v. YarboroughSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Lynde v. Lynde; Lynde v. LyndeSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
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3Cited by59 opinions
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- Amidon v. AmidonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Smith v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Ellen L. Thomason v. William R. ThomasonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
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