Braun v. Braun
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The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court finding Corey Braun in willful contempt of court for failing to hold his ex-wife, Jennifer Braun, harmless from joint mortgage debt on the marital home Corey was awarded in the parties' divorce decree, holding that there was no clear error in the court's factual findings and no abuse of discretion in the court's determination of contempt and the imposition of the sanction in this case.
Six years after the divorce, Jennifer filed a pleading alleging that Corey had willfully failed to hold her harmless from the mortgage debt on the home and asked that Corey be held in contempt of court. The trial court found Corey in willful contempt of court. As a sanction, the court imposed a delayed jail sentence and a purge plan that allowed Corey to purge himself of contempt by either refinancing the mortgage in his own name by a certain date or selling the property. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the trial court did not err in determining that Corey's conduct violated the hold harmless provision in the decree and in ordering that he either refinance the mortgage or sell the home.
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