Baxter v. Baxter

Hill, Presiding Justice.

This is a contempt “for failure to pay temporary alimony following final decree of divorce” case.

On January 1, 1978, the Baxters, then husband and wife, each owned a one-half undivided interest in their home. On April 13,1978, the trial court entered a temporary alimony order giving the wife temporary possession of the home and requiring the husbahd to pay the monthly mortgage payments and “also pay the taxes on said described house.”

After a jury verdict which awarded the house to the wife but made no provision for ad valorem taxes, judgment of divorce awarding…