PREMEAUX v. SMITH

No. 89-CA-0377.

569 So.2d 681 (1990)

Becky Thomas Smith PREMEAUX v. James Thomas SMITH, Jr.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fielding L. Wright, Jr., Pascagoula, for appellant.

Thomas J. Lowe, Jr., E. Michael Marks, Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and PRATHER and ANDERSON, JJ.


PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal challenges the sufficiency of proof for imposition of a jail sentence for a criminal contempt finding in the Chancery Court of Jackson County. Becky Thomas Smith Premeaux filed a motion for citation of contempt against her ex-husband, James Thomas Smith, Jr. for non-payment of child support for some fifteen (15) years and totaling approximately $14,000.00 arrearage. The Chancery Court dismissed her motion, finding that...

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