Brown v. Brown

This is a case involving the enforcement of a prior decree of divorce.

The husband appeals from the trial court's denial of his petition for modification and ruling that the husband was in contempt of court and in arrears with his child support payments. He also appeals from the trial court's action with regard to the parties' home. We reverse and remand.

The husband and wife were divorced in the St. Clair County Circuit Court on October 9, 1981. The divorce decree incorporated an agreement of the parties in which custody of the two children was awarded to the mother. The father was ordered to…