Richardson v. Richardson

On August 28, 1969, in the Domestic Relations Branch of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, appel-lee-wife was granted a judgment of absolute divorce in which there was incorporated an order compelling appellant-husband to pay alimony and child support. 1 An appeal from that judgment was not perfected for the reason, among others, that “the [appellant] intends to remarry in the near future and would therefore prefer to forego this appeal.” In June of 1970 appellee filed a motion and affidavit for contempt claiming that appellant was in arrears in his payments. Appellant, who…