Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District / Date unavailable
Renee T. Vaught (a/k/a Renee Lepper, a/k/a Renee Wilde) vs. Shawn Vaught
Shawn Vaught appealed a circuit court judgment finding him in contempt for failing to pay business debt as ordered in his dissolution judgment and awarding attorney's fees to Renee Lepper. The appellate court dismissed Vaught's appeal of the contempt judgment, holding it was not a final, appealable order because it had not been enforced. However, the court affirmed the award of attorney's fees to Lepper, finding no abuse of discretion by the circuit court in its determination that Vaught willfully failed to comply with the dissolution judgment.