ST. EX REL. VOORHIES v. D. CT. OF 3RD JUD. D.

No. 83-117.

668 P.2d 241 (1983)

The STATE of Montana, ex rel. Jay VOORHIES, Relator, v. DISTRICT COURT OF the THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT of the State of Montana, In and For the COUNTY OF DEER LODGE, and The Honorable Robert J. Boyd, presiding as District Judge, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

August 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Engel, III, Butte, for relator.

Knight, Dahood, McLean & Everett, Anaconda, for respondents.


ORDER AND OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This Court accepted a petition for a writ of certiorari from Jay Voorhies, relator, who contends that the Deer Lodge County District Court exceeded its jurisdiction when it found him in willful contempt of a marital dissolution decree providing that he must make the house payments "until the minor children attain the age of 18 years or no longer reside in the home." He argues the trial court failed to consider his ability...

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