Harkins v. Harkins

Thornton, J. —

The record shows the parties were divorced in Illinois. By proper action in the Keokuk District Court the Illinois decree was established in Iowa. The Iowa decree provided for weekly payments of $22 for alimony. This amount was later modified on application and stipulation to $15 per week. Appellant-wife seeks to have plaintiff, her former husband, punished for contempt for failure to pay weekly installments in the total sum of $1557.50 which have accrued since the modification.

It was stipulated the amount claimed in arrears was correct and plaintiff had failed to make the…