Right to sue for alimony without suing for divorce.

- Wife has right to sue her husband for alimony, after voluntary separation, without suing for divorce, and without the necessity of showing a legal residence as required in a suit for divorce. Craig v. Craig, 53 Ga. App. 632, 186 S.E. 755 (1936).

Court may render judgment affecting property to enforce alimony claims.

- Under additional powers given by the statutes, having incidental equity jurisdiction over the res of property within its territory, a court may render a valid judgment in rem with respect to such property when necessary to enforce the wife's claim to permanent alimony. Grimmett v. Barnwell, 184 Ga. 461, 192 S.E. 191 (1937).

Personal jurisdiction over nonresident in former spouse's action to terminate alimony.

- Action of nonresident wife in bringing suit in Georgia to domesticate foreign divorce decree does not constitute the "transaction of business" so as to permit Georgia courts to assert in personam jurisdiction over her in husband's subsequent actions to terminate alimony. Stone v. Stone, 254 Ga. 519, 330 S.E.2d 887 (1985).

Cited in Evans v. Evans, 191 Ga. 752, 14 S.E.2d 95 (1941); Kirchman v. Kirchman, 212 Ga. 488, 93 S.E.2d 685 (1956); Murphey v. Murphey, 215 Ga. 19, 108 S.E.2d 872 (1959); Mullinax v. Mullinax, 234 Ga. 553, 216 S.E.2d 802 (1975).

ALR.

- Garnishment or attachment of property to enforce order or decree for alimony or allowance in suit for divorce or separation, 56 A.L.R. 841.

Divorced wife's failure to comply with order or decree as affecting her right to enforce provision for alimony, 88 A.L.R. 199.

Decree for alimony rendered in another state or foreign country as subject to enforcement by equitable remedies or by contempt proceedings, 97 A.L.R. 1197; 18 A.L.R.2d 862.

Jurisdiction of equity courts in the United States, without the aid of statute expressly conferring it, to entertain independent suit for alimony or separate maintenance without divorce or judicial separation, 141 A.L.R. 399.

Court's establishment of trust to secure alimony or child support in divorce proceedings, 3 A.L.R.3d 1170.

Power of court which denied divorce, legal separation, or annulment, to award custody or make provisions for support of child, 7 A.L.R.3d 1096.

Father's liability for support of child furnished after divorce decree which awarded custody to mother but made no provision for support, 91 A.L.R.3d 530.

Validity and enforceability of escalation clause in divorce decree relating to alimony and child support, 19 A.L.R.4th 830.

Separation agreements: enforceability of provision affecting property rights upon death of one party prior to final judgment of divorce, 67 A.L.R.4th 237.

Divorce: court's authority to institute or increase spousal support award after discharge of prior property award in bankruptcy, 87 A.L.R.4th 353.