Legal Opinion

Horn v. Shepherd

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 15, 2012No. S12A0890PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NAHMIAS, Justice.

The trial court held Randy Horn (Husband) in contempt for violating his divorce decree with Brandie Shepherd (Wife) and ordered him incarcerated until he purged himself of the contempt. Husband appeals, and we conclude that the trial court erred in requiring him to pay attorney fees associated with the contempt proceeding in order to purge the contempt; we therefore reverse that small portion of the trial court’s judgment. Husband’s many other enumerations of error are without merit, and we affirm the remainder of the judgment.

1. The parties married in 1998 and divorced in…

2Cases cited11 opinions

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  5. Westmoreland v. WestmorelandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979

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