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Buckholts v. Buckholts

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 24, 1983No. 39594PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Gregory, Justice.

Husband and wife were divorced in Clayton County in 1980, and an award of child support was entered. Subsequently, wife moved to Clinch County with the children, and husband moved to another state.

In 1982, husband appeared in Clinch County, filing a petition for downward modification of the child support. Wife answered, denying personal service of the complaint and she counterclaimed for contempt, alleging the husband had refused to meet his child support obligations under the 1980 divorce decree. Husband filed a motion to dismiss the counterclaim for contempt for lack of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Ledford v. BowersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  2. Connell v. ConnellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
  3. Goodrum v. GoodrumSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
  4. Bugden v. BugdenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
  5. Hathcock v. HathcockSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Horn v. ShepherdSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  2. Jones v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
  3. Frasca v. FrascaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
  4. Crutchfield v. LawsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  5. Ford v. HannaSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013

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