Smith v. Smith

HINES, Justice.

This Court granted ex-wife Mary Smith ("Wife") discretionary review of a superior court ruling on her application for contempt against her ex-husband Michael Smith ("Husband") in order to consider whether the superior court improperly modified the parties' final judgment and decree of divorce within the contempt proceeding. Finding that it did, we reverse.

A chronology of the divorce litigation is necessary. The Smiths' divorce action was tried before a jury, and a final judgment and decree on the jury's verdict was entered on June 9, 2003. 1 The final judgment and decree…