Hartley-Selvey v. Hartley

Clarke, Chief Justice.

Appellant, former wife, filed an application for attachment for contempt against appellee, former husband, alleging that he had failed to pay his share of their minor child’s college expenses in violation of the settlement agreement incorporated into the final divorce decree.

Paragraph six of the settlement agreement provides

Husband and wife do hereby agree that any and all college expenses for the education of [the minor child] shall be shared jointly between the parties.

Appellant alleged that appellee’s share of the child’s freshman year college expenses amounted to…