Peacock v. Gibson

Hill, Justice.

When the parties were divorced in 1973, the mother was awarded custody of the children and $40 per week child support. In May 1975 the father stopped making child support payments and the mother brought an action for contempt. The father appeals from an order not finding him in contempt but requiring him to pay child support payments in arrears and to pay attorney fees of $250.

The mother married again after the divorce. In January 1975 the natural father signed a consent to adoption as provided for by Code Ann. § 74-403 (1). However, the adoption was never completed by court…