Doane v. LeCornu
Annotate this CaseAppellee filed an application for contempt after appellant failed to make the first installment payment on the lake house the parties owned and missed the July and August child support and home maintenance payments pursuant to a Divorce Agreement Settlement. At issue was whether the trial court impermissibly modified the divorce decree by requiring appellant to put the lake house on the market and pay appellee the money he owed her from the proceeds of the sale. The court held that the record supported the trial court's finding that appellant willfully failed to meet the extended deadline of the final consent order and therefore, the court did not abuse its discretion in holding him in contempt of the final consent order. The court held, however, that the court erred in ordering appellant to sell the lake house in order to pay appellee. The court further held that the trial court did not err by requiring appellant to pay appellee for interest in the lake house and rejected appellant's claim that the attorney fee award was erroneous.
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