Legal Opinion
Roberts v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 5, 1970No. 25617, 25618PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Felton, Justice.
Case No. 25618 (wife’s appeal). Enumerated error 1 of the defendant wife’s appeal claims failure of service on her of plaintiff’s contempt citation. “The divorce and alimony suit was ‘a cause pending’ in court . . . and service of the citation for contempt for a violation of the order in that case could properly be made on the attorney of record.” Brewer v. Brewer, 206 Ga. 93 (2) (55 SE2d 593); Ga. L. 1966, pp. 609, 615; as amended, Ga. L. 1967, pp. 226, 229 (Code Ann. § 81A-105 (b); CPA § 5). Service of the citation and rule nisi is claimed by the plaintiff’s attorney to have…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Lyon v. LyonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Renfroe v. State of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1961
- Price v. PriceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
- Marter v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
- Hobbs v. HobbsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1924
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Ravenscroft v. RavenscroftMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
- Montgomery v. USS Agri-Chemical DivisionCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
- DeGarmo v. DeGarmoSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
- Souter v. CarnesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
- Berman v. BermanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
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