Opinion ID: 2268995
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Kathleen's Motion For Order To Show Cause

Text: Before her first fees motion was finally resolved, Kathleen filed a show-cause motion to enforce Sam's interim post-divorce obligation to pay her half of his retirement pay each month until she began receiving direct payments from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS). She claimed that Sam did not pay her in October, November, and December 2007, and asked the court to order Sam to show cause why he should not be held in contempt for willfully violating the Court's order. . . . Sam opposed the motion. After considering documentary evidence admitted without objection at a hearing, the superior court found that Sam had not made the October, November, and December payments. It founded its ruling on Sam's admission that he had not paid in October, the lack of proof of payment in November, and Sam's December bank statement that showed that he received the full DFAS payment on December 2. We elaborate on the arguments and ruling below in Part III.C, which addresses Sam's argument that it was error to find that he did not make the December payment.