Hall v. Hall

Hall, Justice.

Mr. Hall appeals from an order of the Bartow County Superior Court finding him in wilful contempt for failure to pay alimony. The- amounts unpaid were primarily mortgage payments and taxes on the home occupied by his former wife and their children.

On this appeal, Mr. Hall urges that the trial judge should have recused himself under Canon 3C (1) (b) of the Code of Judicial Conduct, because this matter was one in which his former law partner had served as counsel for Mrs. Hall during their association. Mr. Hall also disputes the wilfulness of his failure to pay, arguing that he…