SOMMER v. SOMMER

No. 87159.

947 P.2d 512 (1997)

1997 OK 123

Nicholas A. SOMMER, Respondent, v. Kay L. SOMMER, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected October 20, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Groves, Groves & Tague, Oklahoma City, for Petitioner.

Gomer Smith, Jr., Oklahoma City, for Respondent.


SUMMERS, Vice Chief Justice.

¶1 Our state constitution provides that "Imprisonment for debt is prohibited, except for the non-payment of fines and penalties imposed for the violation of law." Okla. Const.Art. 2 § 13. The question before us is whether that provision is violated when past due court-ordered alimony payments are reduced to judgment, and that judgment is enforced by a contempt proceeding which could...

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