Balmer v. Rose

This is an action to enforce a provision of a former judgment. As a result of the dismissal of defendant’s wife’s divorce complaint, plaintiff was awarded $4,500 in attorney fees to be paid by defendant. Rose v. Rose (1968), 10 Mich App 233. Defendant has refused to pay that sum as ordered and has been ordered to show cause why he should not be held in contempt of court on six separate occasions; on one of these occasions he chose to spend one year in jail rather than comply with the order of the Oakland County Circuit Court.

Plaintiff then instituted a suit on the judgment in Wayne County…