Jones v. Jones

Jordan, Justice.

Dorothy Jones filed a complaint for divorce in Clayton Superior Court on August 5, 1971, against David C. Jones, and appeals an order of November 20, 1972, certified for direct appeal, overruling her amended motion to dismiss an amendment to the respondent’s answer, which he filed on August 29, 1972. The amendment is in the nature of a counterclaim or cross bill, asserting conduct of the petitioner as grounds for the award of a total divorce.

In her original motion Mrs. Jones asserted that at the time the respondent filed his amendment her suit for divorce was no longer pending…