Behrns v. Behrns

Opinion

BISHOP, J.

The plaintiff, Linda Behms, appeals from the trial court’s denial of her motion for contempt in which she alleged that the defendant, Ronald Behms, had failed to pay alimony and child support in accordance with the terms of the marital dissolution judgment. The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether *287the trial court correctly construed the parties’ marital dissolution agreement, which was incorporated into the dissolution judgment, as self-executing. The plaintiff contends that the court improperly concluded that the agreement was self-executing.1 We agree and reverse the…