Herrington v. Herrington

Gunter, Justice.

This is an appeal from a contempt judgment. The trial court held the appellant in contempt for failing to comply with the terms of a former divorce decree.

However, in its contempt judgment the trial court modified custody and visitation provisions which had been included in the divorce decree.

The appellant’s main contention here is that a contempt judgment cannot modify the terms of an earlier divorce decree. We agree with the appellant on this issue. It has been repeatedly held that the trial judge has no authority in a contempt proceeding to modify the terms of a divorce and…