Griffin v. Griffin

Marshall, Justice.

This is a contempt action brought by the appellee former wife against the appellant former husband because of the appellant’s refusal to make payments allegedly required of him under Item 6 of a settlement agreement incorporated into the parties’ divorce decree.

At the outset, the appellee argues that jurisdiction to hear the appeal of this contempt action is in the Court of Appeals under Crute v. Crute, 208 Ga. 723 (69 SE2d 257) (1953). Crute stands for the proposition that an appeal of a contempt adjudication made during the course of a divorce proceeding, but unrelated to…