Holder v. Holder

Grice, Justice.

The controlling issue on this appeal is whether an agreement between a former husband and wife is in restraint .of marriage and therefore void as against public policy.

Hiram S. Holder, the former husband, filed an application for attachment for contempt in the Superior Court of DeKalb County against the former wife, Cynthia Curtis Holder Powell, alleging that an agreement between them was made a part of their final- decree of divorce and that the decree ordered them “to abide by the terms” of the agreement. He further alleged that one of the provisions of such agreement was…