State ex rel. Ditmar v. Ditmar

Citations

• 19 Wash. 324
• 53 P. 350
• 1898 Wash. LEXIS 371

Syllabus

<p>ALIMONY — FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH AWARD — DEMAND — CONTEMPT —ATTACHMENT.</p> <p>The court has power to punish for contempt for failure to comply with an order for the payment of alimony, although the decree awarding alimony may have been made a lien upon the defendant’s realty.</p> <p>A finding by the trial court that defendant is able to satisfy a decree of alimony against him is warranted when it is shown that he has been able to borrow more than double the amount of the decree to apply in other ways.</p> <p>The fact that attachment did not issue against the defendant in contempt proceedings is not a matter of which he can complain, when he has voluntarily appeared in the action.</p> <p>Demand upon defendant to pay a decree of alimony against him is unnecessary, prior to proceedings for contempt, when it is shown that defendant asserted he would never obey the decree.</p>