Gooch v. Gooch

297 Ga. 189

FINAL COPY S15A0202. GOOCH v. GOOCH. HINES, Presiding Justice. This Court granted the application for discretionary appeal of Nancy Gooch (“Nancy”) from the trial court’s order in her contempt action against appellant Terry J. Gooch (“Terry”). For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand for further proceedings. Under the couple’s 2012 divorce decree and incorporated settlement agreement, Terry was required to select a certain option for his retirement benefits, and to designate Nancy as the survivor beneficiary; under that option, Terry would receive life-time benefits, with…