Hudson v. State

Marshall, Justice.

The appellant father pleaded nolo contendere to the charge of abandonment, and was sentenced in 1975 to 12 months’ im*398prisonment and a $50 fine, which sentence was suspended on the condition that he pay support for his minor children in the amount of $210 per month until their majority. The sentence order provided, inter alia, that “the court may at any time for good cause modify any of the terms or conditions of this sentence . . .”

In 1981, after notice and hearing as provided by reenacted Code Ann. § 27-2709 (d)(4) (Ga. L. 1980, pp. 1136,1137, effective March 25, 1980), the…