Awad v. Wright

OPINION

Frances Wright and respondent Terrence Lee Wright were granted a divorce by the district court on July 28, 1988. Appellant Jason Awad was Frances Wright’s attorney in the divorce proceeding. As part of the divorce decree, the district court adopted and ratified a property settlement agreement between the parties. The district court had earlier ordered all records in this matter to be sealed. On February 13, 1989, Terrence Wright moved the district court to hold Awad and his client Frances Wright in contempt of court, because they had recorded the property settlement agreement with the…