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CROWDER v. CROWDER

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236 Ga. 612 (1976)

225 S.E.2d 16

CROWDER v. CROWDER.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 6, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Ashley Hawkins, for appellant.

Clark, Haygood & Lynch, Harold G. Clark, for appellee.

INGRAM, Justice.

The essence of civil contempt involved in a proceeding to enforce payment of an alimony or child support award is wilful disobedience of the court's order. Georgia Divorce, Alimony, etc., § 14-1. See also Mason v. Mason, 232 Ga. 336 (206 S.E.2d 479) (1974).

The trial court in this case determined that the father had not wilfully disobeyed its earlier order which...

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