Erickson v. Erickson

Gary Wayne Erickson (“Husband”) appeals the civil contempt judgment that ordered him to pay his former wife, Virginia Kay Erickson (“Wife”), $70,120.32 for her unpaid share of Husband’s retirement pay, $4,753.76 in attorney fees, and future payments of $785.27 per month for Wife’s ongoing share of Husband’s retirement pay accruing after August 31, 2010. The contempt claim was based upon the parties’ 1990 Bexar County, Texas divorce decree (“the original decree”), which Wife registered as a foreign judgment in Greene County, Missouri in 2007 (“the foreign judgment”).

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