Oesterling v. Oesterling

MORGAN, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment in a contempt action which granted appellant only $4,000 of the $21,400 alimony arrear-age. Appellant M. Irene Oesterling (wife) claimed that Richard W. Oesterling (husband) owed her $21,400 accumulated alimony for a period of nearly nine years. The trial court allowed her only $4,000 for accrued alimony to date of judgment. Wife appeals and we reverse and remand.

Wife received a divorce from her husband on May 3, 1974. Under a stipulation agreement signed May 1, 1974 and approved in the divorce decree of May 3rd, wife was to receive $50 per week…