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Keith v. Keith

Supreme Court of Georgia
Jan 27, 1982
286 S.E.2d 434 (Ga. 1982)

Opinion

37833.

DECIDED JANUARY 27, 1982.

Contempt. Meriwether Superior Court. Before Judge Smith.

Richter, Willis Keeble, Jerry Willis, for appellant.

James W. Lewis, for appellee.


Appellee brought a contempt action alleging that appellant, her former husband, was violating the custody provisions of the divorce decree. The trial court found appellant in contempt, imposed a fine and sentence, and awarded attorney fees to appellee. We granted appellant's application for discretionary appeal in order to review the award of attorney fees.

"Attorney fees are not recoverable in a contempt proceeding concerning only child custody or visitation rights. Code Ann. § 30-202.1 (a) (Ga. L. 1979, pp. 466, 473). [Cits.]" Smith v. Smith, 244 Ga. 230, 231 ( 259 S.E.2d 480) (1979). Accordingly, the award of attorney fees is reversed.

Although appellant has raised several other enumerations of error, none is meritorious.

Judgment affirmed in part; reversed in part. All the Justices concur, except Weltner, J., not participating.

DECIDED JANUARY 27, 1982.


Summaries of

Keith v. Keith

Supreme Court of Georgia
Jan 27, 1982
286 S.E.2d 434 (Ga. 1982)
Case details for

Keith v. Keith

Case Details

Full title:KEITH v. KEITH

Court:Supreme Court of Georgia

Date published: Jan 27, 1982

Citations

286 S.E.2d 434 (Ga. 1982)
286 S.E.2d 434

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