Contempt • Double-Dipping • Failure to Pay Equitable Distribution

SAM v. KSM, PICS Case No. 17-0936 (C.P. Lycoming May 30, 2017) McCoy, J. (10 pages).

Husband's failure to make minimum monthly payments on an equitable distribution award constituted contempt, and wife was entitled to judgment for total unpaid installments, plus attorney fees. The issue of double-dipping from the same resource to pay support and the property division payments could have been addressed by a modification proceeding, which husband failed to pursue.

In June 2014, husband was ordered to pay wife the sum of $567,201 as wife's equitable distribution portion of the marital estate, payable by husband in monthly installments of at least $911. Wife's attorney was to prepare a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO).