Harry v. Harry

IRVING, J.,

for the court.

¶ 1. The Lauderdale County Chancery Court found Elonzo Harry in contempt of a Lamar County Chancery Court judgment of divorce and ordered him imprisoned. The chancery court also overruled his motion to set aside the underlying judgment and denied his request for a writ of habeas corpus. Feeling aggrieved by this decision, Elonzo has prosecuted this appeal and asserts the following three issues, which we quote verbatim:

1. Did the Chancery Court of Lamar County, Mississippi have continuing exclusive jurisdiction over contempt matters pertaining to non-payment of child *750su…