Legal Opinion

Crawford v. Schelver

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 5, 1970No. 25609PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Grice, Justice.

The appellant complains of an order adjudging him in contempt for failure to comply with the terms of a decree providing for divorce, custody of children, and alimony. The order was entered in the Superior Court of Cobb County in a citation for contempt brought by the former wife, Fay McKinnon Schelver, nee Crawford, against the former husband, Joseph Sanford Crawford III, charging him with failure to pay her $3,000 as ordered by the divorce decree.

Significant provisions of the divorce decree follow.

“4. It is further ordered that [the wife] shall instanter execute and deliver…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Girtman v. GirtmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
  2. Shepherd v. ShepherdSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Aiken v. Ingram (In Re Ingram)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 1980
  2. Usher v. UsherDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1977
  3. Herbert v. HugginsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
  4. Hargrett v. HargrettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  5. Vereen v. ArpSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976

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