Ross v. Ross

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case comes before us on a petition for certiorari filed by Haywood Ross to review an order of the Family Court holding him in “nonwillful contempt” and ordering him to purge himself from such contempt by paying his former wife $14,-836.77 or by conveying to her a life estate in a dwelling house in respect to which he had previously conveyed a remainder interest to her as a part of the property settlement incident to their divorce. Hereafter both parties will be referred to by their first names. The facts of the case are as follows.

On January 5, 1982, a final…