Bryant v. Varat

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the family court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to hold a party in contempt where the separation agreement was incorporated but not merged into a divorce decree
• holding the family court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over a 1978 agreement incorporated but not merged into a divorce decree
• holding the family court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over a 1978 agreement incorporated but not merged into a divorce decree
• when language revealed intent that agreement retain its contractual nature, the dispute concerned a contractual obligation and the family court was without subject matter jurisdiction
• the family court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to enforce by contempt a property settlement agreement incorporated but not merged in the parties’ divorce decree

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).