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MOORE v. MOORE

No. 54271.

451 So.2d 226 (1984)

William Hughes MOORE v. Mary Elizabeth McDaniel MOORE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 6, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Ott, Guy, Whittington & Ott, McComb, for appellant.

Michael B. Cupit, Mounger, Mounger & Cupit, Tylertown, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and HAWKINS and PRATHER, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

The question presented by this appeal is whether Mississippi Rule of Civil Procedure 12(a) granting the defendant thirty (30) days within which to file an answer applies to a motion to cite for contempt for failure to pay child support. The court holds that Rule 12(a) does not apply, but Rule 6(d) and Rule 81 control.

I.

On June 21, 1982 Mary Elizabeth McDaniel Moore filed a "Motion for Citation for Contempt" for...

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