Movius v. Movius

A former wife filed a contempt action against her divorced husband alleging failure on his part to make monthly alimony payments and provide security therefor pursuant to a written agreement between them which had been approved by the court and incorporated into the divorce decree. The divorced husband applied for a reduction of such monthly alimony payments based upon a change in circumstances since entry of the original decree. The district court of Yellowstone County, the Hon. Alfred B. Coate, district judge presiding without a jury, entered an order adjudicating the former husband not in…