ELLIOT v. ELLIOT


431 A.2d 55 (1981)

Sara Jane ELLIOT v. Samuel ELLIOT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided June 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne Pilsbury (orally), Norway, for plaintiff.

Berman, Simmons, Laskoff & Goldberg, P. A., Jack H. Simmons, John E. Sedgewick (orally), Lewiston, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and WERNICK, GODFREY, ROBERTS and CARTER, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

The Elliots were divorced in District Court (South Paris) on November 2, 1979. The divorce judgment, by their agreement, awarded the plaintiff-wife, among other things, "the balance in the parties' joint checking account at Norway National Bank." Soon after entry of the judgment, the wife discovered that the account had a negative balance in the amount of $1,710.14. The wife brought a motion seeking an order holding defendant in contempt of...

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