Clement v. Clement

I respectfully disagree with the result reached in part I of the majority opinion. There, the majority concludes that the trial court’s *652order that the plaintiff pay the defendant $29,500 was, in essence, the enforcement of the original judgment that the plaintiff had undermined by failing to make mortgage payments. The majority further concludes that the order is valid even though (1) the defendant requested only “that the plaintiff be adjudged in contempt . . . and be punished therefor,” and (2) the finding of contempt was ultimately vacated.

I agree with the majority that the trial court has…