Cooper v. Cooper

Bowles, Justice.

This appeal is from an order of the Chatham County Superior Court, finding appellant in contempt of court for his failure to pay child support in violation of an earlier decree. He was found to owe $1,856 in child support arrearages and attorney fees.

Appellant complains that his failure to pay child support was not wilful because of an agreement between the parties that certain payments made by appellant to appellee would be in lieu of the stated payments; that custody of the child had been changed with the express or implied consent of the parties; and that appellee had not…