Bishop v. Bishop

The marriage of W.E. Bishop, Jr. (husband) and Patricia Bishop (wife) was dissolved on June 27, 1991. The final order of dissolution included the husband’s agreement to pay certain marital debts. The order also required the husband to maintain health insurance for the benefit of the parties’ two minor children.

The order presently here on review, dated September 20, 1994, finds that the husband failed to maintain the children’s health insurance, holds him in civil contempt for failure to pay a marital debt,1 and orders him to pay the children’s incurred medical expenses ($5982.80), the marital…