State ex rel. Douthit v. Swift

Wife appeals a judgment of contempt. She argues that the trial court erred in finding her in contempt, awarding husband attorney fees plus postjudgment interest at a rate of 10% per annum and denying her motion to reopen the contempt hearing record to present additional evidence.

On January 25, 1991, husband and wife signed a marital settlement agreement that was incorporated into a judgment dissolving their marriage. The judgment of dissolution awarded each party those items of personal property that each had brought into the marriage. It required husband to arrange in advance a mutually…