South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Brock

Cureton, Judge:

This is a contempt proceeding initiated in the family court by the respondent, South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS), against the appellant, Lincoln Brock, Jr. The court held Brock to be in contempt of its prior decree and ordered, inter alia, that he provide proof that he paid a marital debt at issue in the prior litigation. We reverse.

Lincoln Brock, Jr., and Barbara Ann Brock were divorced *396in April, 1977. In March 1979, on a rule to show cause in the divorce proceeding, the court ordered Brock to pay $40 a week for child support. Paragraph Two of the order…