GILLIS v. GILLIS

34248.

243 Ga. 1 (1979)

252 S.E.2d 434

GILLIS v. GILLIS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 23, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mills & Chasteen, Ben B. Mills, Jr., for appellant.

Jay, Garden, Sherrell & Smith, John Edward Smith, III, for appellee.


NICHOLS, Chief Justice.

The husband appeals from a judgment finding him in criminal contempt and ordering him to be incarcerated for ten days for nonpayment of child support and attorney fees.

1. He enumerates as error the trial court's order holding him in contempt. This court has held that imprisonment for nonpayment of financial obligations established by an order issuing out of divorce proceedings "is not imprisonment for debt where the contemnor is found...

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