Legal Opinion

Ezell v. Graham

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided July 12, 2013No. 2120072PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PITTMAN, Judge.

Wendy Graham Ezell (“the mother”) appeals from a judgment of the Choctaw Circuit Court, holding her in contempt for her willful failure and refusal to abide by the previous orders of the court concerning visitation by Christopher Graham (“the father”) with the parties’ minor son; sentencing her to five days in jail; and suspending the sentence conditioned upon her future compliance with the visitation schedule. We reverse.

Factual and Procedural Background

The parties were divorced in 2002; the mother was awarded sole physical custody of the parties’ four-year-old son, and the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Cleveland Board of Education v. LoudermillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Hicks Ex Rel. Feiock v. FeiockSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Gordon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  4. Ex Parte BerryhillSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
  5. United States v. Albert Turner, in Re Howard Moore, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Young v. CorriganCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2017
  2. Stender v. StenderCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2015

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