Hix v. Patton

"As used in the Georgia Adoption Act (Ga. L. 1941, p. 301, as amended, Ga. L. 1950, pp. 289, 290; Code Ann. § 74-404), 'wantonly and wilfully’ ('failed to comply with the order’) means without reasonable excuse, with a conscious disregard of duty, willingly, voluntarily and intentionally.” Carpenter v. Forshee, 103 Ga. App. 758, 773 (3) (120 SE2d 786) (1961); Nix v. Sanders, 136 Ga. App. 859, 860 (1) (223 SE2d 21) (1975). "If the excuse be reasonable although not legal, the absence of the legal excuse does not demand a finding the failure to pay child support was wanton and wilful. [But]…