Ex Parte Morgan
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
We granted certiorari to review a decision of the Court of Civil Appeals requiring the plaintiff to have delinquent child support installments reduced to a judgment by the trial court before instituting garnishment proceedings. We reverse.
Ronald L. Moates and Susan Gail Moates Morgan were granted a final judgment of divorce on October 23, 1978. The divorce decree ordered Mr. Moates to pay the sum of $300.00 per month for the maintenance and support of the three minor children of the union. On August 4, 1981, the plaintiff, the former Mrs. Moates, filed a petition for citation for contempt in…
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Lynde v. LyndeSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Lynde v. Lynde; Lynde v. LyndeSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Rochelle v. RochelleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
- Armstrong v. GreenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
- O'Neal v. O'NealSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
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3Cited by20 opinions
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