Modrok v. Marshall

OPINION

ERWIN, Justice.

This appeal challenges a judgment dispossessing the appellant, William H. Mod-rok, of his former residence.

Modrok was divorced from his wife in 1971. The decree awarded his spouse $14,525.00 to be derived from proceeds of the sale of their Anchorage home. No sale occurred until 1973 when Modrok was ordered to show cause why he should not be held in contempt for failure to sell the house. The contempt hearing, held on February 28, 1973, produced a stipulation that Modrok’s interest in the property would be quitclaimed to his former spouse if no sale occurred within thirty…