Parker v. Eason

Hunstein, Justice.

Karen Eason filed a citation for contempt in October 1993 seeking to recover from her former husband, Edward Parker, child support payments that had accrued since a March 1983 judgment. Parker *237asserted the dormancy of that judgment in his answer. See OCGA § 9-12-60. The trial court held that Eason’s contempt action constituted a revival action under OCGA § 9-12-61 and, based upon Ea-son’s October 1984 general execution docket entry, awarded Eason the sums sought for the ten-year period preceding filing of the contempt action. We granted Parker’s application for discretionary…