Gowins v. Gary

In Gowins v. Gary, 284 Ga. App. 370 (643 SE2d 836) (2007) the Court considered an appeal from the trial court's judgment on a petition by Gowins to hold Gary in contempt for wilful failure to make child support payments which accrued under a settlement agreement incorporated into the judgment of the court. The Court affirmed the trial court's judgment to the extent the court found Gary in contempt for failure to pay support which accrued under the agreement after it was incorporated into the court's judgment; reversed the trial court's judgment to the extent the court found it had no authority to consider whether Gary was in contempt for failure to pay support which accrued under the agreement prior to the date it was incorporated into the court's judgment; vacated the trial court's judgment refusing to award interest on the amount of child support enforceable by contempt, and remanded the case for the trial court to reconsider the award of interest.