- 5 - the miscellaneous expenses she requested, with the exception of the taxes. The order listed each of those expenses, including those for the broken trombone, dental work, and graduation. 5. Petitioner was ordered to make payments on the first and second mortgages on the residence and to pay Betty for the real estate taxes she had paid in 1993. 6. Petitioner was ordered to pay $4,000 of Betty’s attorney’s fees. As required by the temporary order, petitioner made the monthly payments of $529.96 on the second mortgage for the months between July and December 1993. Petitioner believed that Betty’s return to the residence justified his making lower payments, and, therefore, that he did not have to meet the other obligations of the order. On December 20, 1993, the State court issued a contempt order. The order provided, inter alia, that petitioner "shall pay to * * * [Betty] on or before February 1st, 1994, the sum of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500) as and for her attorney fees incurred in the hearing on this motion." The State court further provided that Betty "shall have judgment entered in her favor against * * * [petitioner] in the sum of FOURTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE AND 62/100TH DOLLARS ($14,173.62), representing arrearages, including attorney’s fees unpaid, as heretofore set forth in this order." In the memorandum that accompanied its order, the StatePage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
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