Legal Opinion
Downey v. Downey
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 25, 1983No. 39326PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Presiding Justice.
The parties were divorced by the Clayton Superior Court in February of 1981. This citation for contempt was filed in that court by the former husband in January of 1982. However, at the time of the filing of the citation for contempt, the former wife was an Alabama resident. She was not personally served with the citation, nor did she enter a personal appearance waiving service. The superior court, nonetheless, conducted a hearing and then issued an order finding her in contempt of various provisions of the divorce decree. We granted her application to appeal. We…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Dearing v. Bank of CharlestonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1848
- Connell v. ConnellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
- Slowik v. KnorrSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
- Ogletree v. WatsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
- Connell v. ConnellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1965
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Ashburn v. BakerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- Dyer v. SurrattSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
- Baker v. AshburnCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
- Dyer v. SurrattSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996