Murphy v. Murphy

This is a child support case.

The ex-wife appeals from an order of the Chambers County Circuit Court which, among other things, denied her petition to hold the ex-husband in contempt, excused his obligations under previous orders of child support and set the amount of such support payable in the future at $30 per week.

The parties were divorced in September 1975 by decree of the Superior Court of DeKalb County, Georgia. The decree awarded custody of the parties' minor child to the wife. The husband was ordered to pay $50 per week child support and other amounts in alimony.

The wife remained in…