BROWN v. BROWN

[No. 64, September Term, 1979.]

287 Md. 273 (1980)

412 A.2d 396

RONALD K. BROWN v. JOYCE A. BROWN

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen D. Pattin, with whom were Thomas Fortune Fay and Fay, Donald & Sheehy on the brief, for appellant.

George E. Meng, with whom were Pitrof & Starkey on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, ORTH, COLE and DAVIDSON, JJ.


DIGGES, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellant here challenges the use of incarceration for contempt to enforce a provision of a separation agreement, incorporated into a divorce and child custody decree, that obligated the husband to pay a specific amount of support for his stepdaughter, as violating the prohibition against imprisonment for debt contained in Article III, section 38 of the Maryland Constitution...

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