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McALEAR v. McALEAR

No. 138, September Term, 1982.

298 Md. 320 (1984)

469 A.2d 1256

JAMES HARVEY McALEAR v. ANNA JOYCE McALEAR.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 19, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Kaufman, Baltimore, Timothy P. Kane, Rockville, for appellant.

Thomas L. Beight, Gaithersburg, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ.

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This case presents the question whether a person can be imprisoned for failure to pay a monetary award granted pursuant to Maryland Code (1974, 1980 Repl.Vol., & 1983 Cum.Supp.), §§ 3-6A-05 and 3-6A-08 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article (monetary award). More particularly, it involves the question whether such a monetary award is a form of alimony and, therefore, not a debt within the scope of the Maryland Constitution, Art...

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