McAlear v. McAlear

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This case presents the question whether a person can be imprisoned for failure to pay a monetary award granted pursuant to Maryland Code (1974, 1980 Repl.Vol., & 1983 Cum.Supp.), §§ 3-6A-05 and 3-6A-08 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article (monetary award). More particularly, it involves the question whether such a monetary award is a form of alimony and, therefore, not a debt within the scope of the Maryland Constitution, Art. Ill, § 38.

Maryland Constitution, Art. Ill, § 38, ratified 2 November 1982, provides:

“No person shall be imprisoned for debt, but a valid…