Legal Opinion
Cottingham v. Cottingham
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided May 25, 2006PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · HolderJanice M. Holder, J.
in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON and ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., JJ„ joined. CORNELIA A. CLARK, J., not participating.
We granted this appeal to determine the propriety of the defendant’s criminal contempt convictions arising out of his failure to pay child support and alimony. We conclude that: 1) the defendant was denied the right to counsel; and 2) the evidence is insufficient to support the defendant’s criminal contempt convictions for the failure to pay both child support and alimony. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals. Due to the…
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