WELCH v. WELCH

No. 12-184.

67 A.3d 956 (2013)

2013 VT 20

Jeanne WELCH v. John WELCH.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

March 8, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra A. Strempel of Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C., Burlington, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Marsha Smith Meekins of Marsha Smith Meekins, LLC, South Burlington, for Defendant-Appellant.

Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY, SKOGLUND, BURGESS and ROBINSON, JJ.


SKOGLUND, J.

¶ 1. Defendant ex-husband appeals an order of the superior court, family division, finding him in contempt for failure to pay spousal maintenance as ordered. He claims that the court lacked jurisdiction to find him in contempt because he was not personally served with the underlying order upon which the finding of contempt was based, as required by statute and our case law. We affirm.

¶ 2. The parties divorced in December 1993. The stipulated...

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