Short v. Short

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

PIERCE, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. William Andrew Short (Andy) and Kathryn Taylor Short were divorced in 2007. As part of the divorce judgment, the parties entered into a property, child-*1151support, and child-custody agreement stipulating that Andy would pay child support in the amount of $50,000 per year until the child began kindergarten; thereafter, he would pay fifteen percent of his adjusted gross income (AGI), never to fall below $36,000 per year.

¶ 2. In 2011, Kathryn filed a complaint for contempt, alleging that Andy had failed to make child-support payments. Andy…