Anderson v. Anderson

ROSE, Justice.

This appeal concerns the power of the trial court to hold a party in a divorce action in contempt for selling property which was awarded to the opposing party, but which actually was owned by the parties’ minor son.

In July, 1982, appellee James Anderson filed a complaint, seeking a divorce from appellant Patricia Anderson. Within a week, the appellant filed her answer and counterclaim. Both parties listed two cows and a calf as marital property. However, these animals were not assets of the marriage, as the cows had been purchased for the couple’s minor son several years earlier…