Shook v. Hopkins

SULLIVAN, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This case deals with the question, what constitutes an appearance to create personal jurisdiction to allow a court to hold a respondent in contempt?

¶2. The parties John Howard Shook and Betty Lou Lindsey Shook Hopkins were divorced on November 27, 1984, in Prentiss County Mississippi.

¶ 3. On March 25,1985, Hopkins received a decree from the Chancery Court of Prentiss County Mississippi that found Shook to be in contempt of court. On March 15, 1988, Hopkins filed a bill of complaint against Shook under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement Support…