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SHOOK v. HOPKINS

No. 95-CA-01122-SCT.

697 So.2d 1162 (1997)

John Howard SHOOK v. Betty Lou Lindsey Shook HOPKINS.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 24, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Pannell, Ripley, for Appellant.

Gerald R. McLemore, Corinth, for Appellee.

Before SULLIVAN, P.J., and McRAE and MILLS, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. This case deals with the question, what constitutes an appearance to create personal jurisdiction to allow a court to hold a respondent in contempt?

¶ 2. The parties John Howard Shook and Betty Lou Lindsey Shook Hopkins were divorced on November 27, 1984, in Prentiss County Mississippi.

¶ 3. On March 25, 1985, Hopkins received a decree from the Chancery Court of Prentiss County Mississippi...

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