Proffit v. Proffit

HAYS, Justice.

Jeanne C. Prof fit, defendant below, appeals from a trial court order judging her in contempt of court for refusal to comply with a divorce decree directing her to pay to her former husband, plaintiff, the sum of $6,300.

Plaintiff and defendant were married on February 25, 1966. Their marital relationship was apparently somewhat less than harmonious, for little more than two months later, on May 4, 1966, plaintiff sued defendant for divorce.

Prior to the marriage, plaintiff owned several lady’s rings, as well as some United States Series E Savings Bonds valued at $6,300. At the…