McDonald v. Browne-McDonald

The former husband appeals from the circuit court’s non-final order granting the former wife’s motion for enforcement of the parties’ settlement stipulation. The former husband argues that the court erred in finding him in default of the settlement stipulation under both a contractual and a contempt theory. We agree and reverse.

*834While married, the parties possessed a Florida home burdened by a mortgage naming both parties as borrowers. Ultimately, the parties ended their marriage by divorce in New York. The New York divorce order incorporated the parties’ settlement stipulation. The settlement…