THOMPSON, Justice.
The question for decision in this case is whether a trial court has jurisdiction to entertain a petition to hold a spouse in contempt of a divorce decree entered in another county in the absence of a petition to modify the decree. The short answer is "no."
Husband and wife were divorced in Fulton County in 1993. Sometime thereafter, both husband and wife moved to Cherokee County. In September 2005, wife filed a petition in Cherokee County...
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