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HUGHES v. DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES

No. S98A0813.

502 S.E.2d 233 (1998)

269 Ga. 587

HUGHES v. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

July 13, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Anthony LaMalva, Schneider Read & LaMalva, Conyers, for Joel Thomas Hughes.

Shirley Champa, Special Assistant Attorney General, Conyers, Hon. Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Katherine Smith Davis, Assistant Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, Atlanta, for Georgia Department of Human Resources.

FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

We granted Joel Thomas Hughes' application for discretionary appeal to consider whether the trial court abused its discretion by continuing his incarceration for civil contempt. Because the trial court found Hughes guilty of civil contempt and the uncontroverted evidence demonstrates that Hughes is unable to purge himself, we reverse.

The Georgia Department of Human Resources filed a petition for contempt against Hughes for his...

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