Biggers v. Biggers

Quillian, Justice.

This is a review of a judgment entered upon a citation for contempt which held the defendant to be in “technical contempt” and provided that he might purge himself of such contempt by the payment of a stated sum of money per month. The petition alleged the defendant was in contempt of court because he wilfully failed and refused to pay certain sums as child support in conformity with a previous judgment.

The facts of the case as adduced upon a hearing are as follows. Pursuant to a settlement between the parties which was incorporated into a divorce decree, the defendant…