Ligget v. Ligget

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 4700

Syllabus

CONTEMPT — EVIDENCE — CIV.R. 75(J) — DIVORCE DECREE — SPOUSAL SUPPORT — CONTINUING JURISDICTION The trial court erred by finding that it was prevented from considering evidence outside of wife's motion for contempt when ruling on husband's motion to dismiss where wife's motion for contempt was a postdecree motion filed under Civ.R. 75(J) and was not a \pleading.\ The trial court erred by finding that it was without jurisdiction to grant wife the relief requested in her motion for contempt as the trial court had continuing jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of the separation agreement, which was incorporated into the divorce decree, and wife was requesting an order finding that husband was in contempt for violating the divorce decree and was not seeking to modify the separation agreement.