Richardson v. Butler

How courts have described this case

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• enforcing obligation that, though not expressly stated in divorce settlement agreement, was clearly implied from agreement’s express terms
• reversing contempt order to the extent it directed ex-husband to execute a quitclaim deed to marital residence as remedy for failing to refinance or list it for sale
• discretion of trial court as to amount of fees awarded under OCGA § 19-6-2 will not be disturbed absent an abuse of discretion
• “‘[i]t is axiomatic that whenever possible, a contract should not be construed in a manner that renders any portion of it meaningless’”
• “[W]henever possible, a contract should not be construed in a manner that renders any portion of it meaningless.”
• “[A]n appellee ordinarily must file a cross-appeal to preserve a claim of error, except when the claim of error is material to, and intertwined with, a claim of error properly raised by the appellant.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).