Burgess v. Burgess

SCHEB, Acting Chief Judge.

We have for review a former wife’s action for enforcement of her former husband’s support obligations to their minor children.

Appellant Shelby Jean Burgess and Ap-pellee Robert Lee Burgess were divorced in 1983. The final judgment awarded Ms. Burgess custody of their two minor children and ordered Mr. Burgess to pay child support of $35 per week per child. After Mr. Burgess was found in contempt for failure to pay alimony and child support in 1984, the parties entered into an agreement to modify the husband’s obligations under the final judgment. Over the course of…