Johnson v. Johnson

In Johnson v. Johnson (1993), 85 Ohio App.3d 161, 619 N.E.2d 458, the parties entered into a separation agreement, which was incorporated into the decree of dissolution. In the agreement, the husband agreed to pay his former wife one-half "'of the total proceeds due him'" under his STRS pension. Id. at 162. The Second Appellate District held that while the trial court was prohibiting from directly attaching the husband's retirement account, it was permitted to use its contempt powers to compel the husband to comply with the separation agreement. Johnson v. Johnson, 85 Ohio App.3d at 163-164.