Berry v. Berry

This is a proceeding in which a former husband was required to appear and show cause why he should not pay to his former wife money claimed to be due her under a decree of divorce. Despite their divorced status, we shall hereinafter refer to the parties as husband and wife.

We are confronted at the outset with a jurisdictional question, it being conceded that, unless the money claimed to be due was alimony or support money, contempt proceedings were not the proper remedy. Valaer v. Valaer (1954), 45 Wn. (2d) 565, 277 P. (2d) 326; Millheisler v. Millheisler (1953), 43 Wn. (2d) 282, 261 P. (2d)…