Chaphe v. Chaphe

Margaret Willwerth Chaphe, the former wife, appeals an order of the trial court entered following a hearing on her motion for contempt based upon her allegations that Robert Gordon Chaphe, appellee and the former husband, had refused to reimburse her for educational expenses as required by the parties’ marital settlement agreement. Because the order on appeal modifies the marital settlement agreement when no motion for modification of such agreement was pending, we reverse.

The parties were married in April 1978 in New York. Two children were born to the union. The parties obtained a Judgment…