Blaydes v. Blaydes

The defendant appealed from the judgment of the trial court finding him in contempt for failing to pay alimony in accordance with its order.

Attendant on its November 6, 1969 judgment divorcing the parties to this action, the trial court entered orders concerning alimony, custody and child support. On January 2,1976, that court modified its 1969 judgment to include an escalator clause requiring the defendant to pay to the plaintiff “twenty-five per cent of his adjusted gross income in excess of $40,000 per year.” The modified judgment further provided that “[t]he words ‘adjusted gross income’…