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BROWN v. KING

No. S96A0907.

472 S.E.2d 65 (1996)

266 Ga. 890

BROWN v. KING.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

July 1, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Crawford, Cartersville, for Brown.

Anthony N. Perrotta, Brian Richard Cahn, Perrotta & Associates, Cartersville, for King.

Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Kevin M. O'Connor, Asst. Atty. Gen., amicus curiae.

FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

Jillian Ellis Brown filed a motion for contempt against her former husband, James P. King, Jr., seeking to enforce court-ordered child support payments. The trial court granted the husband's motion to dismiss, ruling that a contempt action to enforce a divorce decree must be filed as a new civil action requiring 30 days notice of a hearing. We granted the wife's discretionary application to consider the trial court's ruling. Adhering to...

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