Meinhold v. Meinhold

This petition for a writ of certiorari was brought by Richard Meinhold, the respondent in this divorce action. He seeks review of a Family Court judge’s refusal to vacate a decree holding him in contempt for failing to comply with several temporary orders. We issued the writ, Meinhold v. Meinhold, 117 R.I. 926 364 A.2d 1297 (1976), and the records were duly certified.

The parties were married on August 7, 1971, in Newport, Rhode Island. The petitioner, Lorraine L. Meinhold, was a domiciled resident of Rhode Island then and she still is. The respondent, an officer in the United States Navy, was…