O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 19-6-11 (2019)

Voluntary separation, abandonment, or driving off of spouse - Petition for alimony or child support when no divorce pending - Appeals

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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A judgment of the superior court in a case brought under Code Section 19-6-10 shall be appealable on the same terms as are prescribed in divorce cases.

History

Ga. L. 1870, p. 413, § 5; Code 1873, § 1748; Code 1882, § 1748; Civil Code

1895, § 2468; Civil Code 1910, § 2987; Code 1933, § 30-214; Ga. L. 1946, p. 726, § 1.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Appeals in temporary alimony cases generally should not be taken unless the trial court committed grievous

error or a gross abuse of discretion. Wilbanks v. Wilbanks, 238 Ga. 660, 234 S.E.2d 915, 1977 Ga. LEXIS 1156 (1977).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 24A Am. Jur. 2d, Divorce and Separation, § 750. C.J.S. 27B C.J.S., Divorce, § 500 et seq. ALR. Remarriage as affecting right to appeal from divorce decree, 29 A.L.R.3d 1167.

Spouse’s acceptance of payments under alimony or property settlement or child support provisions of divorce judgment as precluding appeal therefrom, 29 A.L.R.3d 1184.