Brantley v. Brantley

In a default divorce decree, which did not specifically mention, or award, alimony to the pláintiff wife, the defendant husband, Robert Brantley, was ordered by the divorce court on April 30, 1956, to pay debts of the marital community, totaling $202.59. He did not do so.

On January 24, 1957, at the instance of Lena Brantley, the plaintiff wife, a further order of the court was entered. This order, in effect, held that Robert Brantley was in contempt of court for failure to pay the aforementioned obligations. It ordered that he be arrested by the sheriff for King county, and be held in jail…