Moreland v. Moreland

EDWARD N. SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.

This is a civil contempt action which arose from the non-payment of pendente lite alimony.

On July 2, 1984, the wife instituted her divorce case and filed her separate motion for a reference to ascertain certain matters, including a reasonable amount pen-dente lite to be paid by the husband as support and maintenance for her. The reference was set for a hearing on July 12, 1984. It was estimated by one of the attorneys that the register heard about 1.5 hours of testimony on that date, whereupon the parties evidently reached an agreement whereby the…