Jones v. Jones (1965)

“Alimony may be awarded either from the husband’s earnings or from the corpus of his estate, as by granting to the wife the title or use of property in the possession of the husband.” (Punctuation omitted.) Hipps v. Hipps, 278 Ga. 49, 50 (1) ( 597 SE2d 359 ) (2004), quoting Jones v. Jones, 220 Ga. 753, 755 (3) (a) ( 141 SE2d 457 ) (1965).

It appears that, under the terms of the final decree in this case, the trial court awarded the survivor’s benefits to Wife as periodic alimony “[i]n addition” to the $1,000 per month, and treated the issue of equitable division of the marital property separately in the $19,000 award to her. “[A]limony may be awarded either from the [HJusband’s earnings or from the corpus of his estate, as by granting to the [W]ife the title or use of property in the possession of the [H]usba…

Accord Richwood & Assoc. v. Osborne, 267 Ga. 89, n. 2 ( 475 SE2d 606 ) (1996). 3 OCGA § 19-9-3 (d). 4 Jones v. Jones, 220 Ga. 753, 756 (4) ( 141 SE2d 457 ) (1965) (prudential provisions to effectuate and carry out court-ordered visitation committed to the very broad discretion of the trial court in custody matters). 5 See Pruitt v. Butterfield, 189 Ga. 593, 595 ( 6 SE2d 786 ) (1940) (whether to require nonresidential custodian to post a bond during visitation outside of Geor…