Legal Opinion
Roehl v. O'KEEFE
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 30, 1979No. 34847PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Undercofler, Presiding Justice.
Delores Ann Roehl appeals the judgment of the trial court holding her in contempt for failing to comply with the visitation rights awarded her former husband on his earlier modification petition. She contends that since their North Carolina divorce was never domesticated, the Superior Court of Pike County had no jurisdiction to modify the visitation conditions set out in their divorce decree and consequently had no authority to hold her in contempt. We do not agree.
1. Delores Ann Roehl, then O’Keefe, and Joseph Daniel O’Keefe were divorced in North Carolina in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- City of Valdosta v. SingletonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Foster v. FosterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1934
- Blue v. BlueSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Boggus v. BoggusSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- McGuire v. McGuireSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Yearta v. ScrogginsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
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- Schurman v. SchurmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- Wyatt v. FalhsingCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1981
- Moccia v. MocciaSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
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