Legal Opinion

Sutherlin v. Sutherlin

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 26, 2017No. S17F0613PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRANT, Justice.

In this post-divorce contempt action, we granted Appellant’s application for discretionary appeal to review the trial court’s order finding Appellant in contempt of three separate provisions of the parties’ divorce decree.1 We affirm the trial court’s findings as to two of these provisions and reverse as to the third.

Brian and Maria Sutherlin (respectively, “Husband” and “Wife”) were divorced by a final judgment and decree entered in November 2012. The divorce decree incorporated a Separation and Property Division Agreement previously executed by both parties. Among other…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Horwitz v. WeilSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
  2. Paul v. PaulSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  3. Kaufmann v. KaufmannSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  4. Knott v. KnottSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  5. Schwartz v. SchwartzSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002

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3Cited by4 opinions

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  4. Sutherlin v. SutherlinSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017

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