Hart v. Hart

EDWARD N. SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.

This is a civil contempt proceeding.

In their April 12, 1982 divorce judgment, Dr. Hart was ordered to pay to Mrs. Hart $800 each month as alimony and child support, and he was to be responsible for the monthly mortgage payments of $1,128 upon the homeplace. The wife was granted custody of their three children. She was given the exclusive use of their jointly-owned home until she remarries or the youngest child reaches nineteen years, at which time it would be sold with the net proceeds being divided equally between the parties.

Beginning in July 1982,…