DECKER v. DECKER

No. 33933.

52 Wn.2d 456 (1958)

326 P.2d 332

IRA JAMES DECKER, Respondent, v. SUNNY FLORENCE DECKER, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 5, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wright & Wright, for appellant.

Pemberton & Orloff, for respondent.


FINLEY, J.

This is a contempt proceeding by an exwife to compel her exhusband to comply with a provision of a divorce decree which required him to pay certain community debts incurred prior to the divorce.

The basic question presented is whether the constitutional prohibition against imprisonment for debt (Art. I, § 17) bars the trial court from using contempt powers and imprisonment to enforce compliance with the aforementioned provision of the divorce...

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