Jordet v. Jordet

GERALD W. VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Bradley Dean Jordet and his attorney, Jonathan T. Garaas, appealed from orders denying Bradley Jordet’s motion to allow him to setoff his spousal support arrearages against Tracy Lyndal Jordet’s child support arrearages, and holding Ga-raas in contempt and fining him $1,000 for intentional disobedience of the district court’s earlier order. We conclude the court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion for a setoff, but did abuse its discretion in holding Garaas in contempt. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

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[¶ 2] Bradley and Tracy…