Lawrence v. Cords

*475 In this marital dissolution action, the defendant, Manuel Cords, appeals from the trial court's postdissolution judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Karin Lawrence, finding the defendant in contempt and ordering him to pay the plaintiff $246,000 plus interest in several installments. On appeal, the defendant claims that the court improperly (1) terminated the automatic appellate stay of execution of a prior order of contempt and (2) modified the division of property postdissolution. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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