Whitworth v. Whitworth

Tom Glaze, Justice.

Clarence Whitworth brings this appeal from the lower court’s February 11, 1997 order, finding him in contempt for failing to pay (1) his former wife’s (now Mary L. Strickland) house payments in the amount of $5,436.00, (2) her one-half share of Whitworth’s business in the sum of $6,705.00, and (3) her reimbursement of medical insurance premiums in the amount of $1,454.00. The court ordered Whitworth incarcerated until he made the foregoing payments, but held his incarceration in abeyance for 60 days. Whitworth filed a notice of appeal before that 60-day period expired.

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