Chatfield v. Adkins-Chatfield

How courts have described this case

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• finding no abuse of discretion in civil contempt finding where the record showed that a party disobeyed the trial court's oral order
• affirming trial court’s contempt finding regarding husband’s violation of pre-trial order, even though finding was rendered based on evidence presented at the parties’ divorce trial rather than at a separate contempt hearing
• affirming contempt order directing husband to pay $14,593 due to wife plus $1,500 for each day that passed until that amount was paid, noting that the $500 limit for fines under OCGA § 15-6-8 (5) applies only to criminal contempt and not sanctions imposed for civil contempt

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Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Darroch v. Willis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-01· cited 27×
• Sutherlin v. Sutherlin
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-06-26· cited 15×
• TAFEL v. LION ANTIQUE CARS & INVESTMENTS, INC.; And Vice Versa
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-15· cited 8×
• American Lien Fund, LLC v. Dixon
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-01· cited 6×
• In Re Harris
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-07-16· cited 1×
• Tafel v. Lion Antique Cars & Investments, Inc., A/K/A Lion Antique Investments & Consulting Services, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-15

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wright v. Wright
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-22· cited 96×
• Ensley v. Ensley
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-10-20· cited 43×
• Alexander v. DeKalb County
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-06-27· cited 35×
• In Re Harvey
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-11-15· cited 20×
• Minor v. Minor
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-11-24· cited 19×
• Leary v. Julian
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-03-13· cited 15×
• In the Interest of K. D.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-04-13· cited 11×
• Echols v. Echols
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-01-22· cited 10×