Alexander v. Senciboy

L. CHARLES WRIGHT, Retired Appellate Judge.

In February 1987 the wife, a resident of Missouri, filed a petition for rule nisi in the Alabama courts. She requested that the husband, an Alabama resident, be required to appear and show cause why he should not be held in contempt for his failure to pay $390 per month in maintenance to the wife from August 1979 until November 1981.

A hearing was held with all parties present. Joint stipulations were made by the parties in open court and the parties submitted briefs in support of their positions. The trial court found the husband to be in contempt of…