SHIRLEY v. ABSHIRE

No. A07A2221.

655 S.E.2d 694 (2007)

SHIRLEY v. ABSHIRE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

December 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stockton & Rickman, Brian M. Rickman, Clayton, for appellant.

David A. Powell, Gainesville, for appellee.


JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

Curtis Shirley appeals from a superior court order holding him in contempt for failing to comply with a verbal order purporting to modify a child visitation provision. Because the trial court's finding of contempt was based upon a violation of a verbal order which had not been reduced to writing, signed and filed, the contempt order must be reversed.

When Curtis Shirley and Nichole Abshire divorced in 2003, they were given joint legal...

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