Legal Opinion
Watkins v. Watkins
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 10, 1986No. 43181PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gregory, Justice.
Janice Watkins filed for divorce from John David Watkins and for an equitable division of their marital assets. John’s mother, Kathleen Watkins, intervened as a defendant seeking to protect any interest she might have in the Watkins’ marital home. The trial court granted Kathleen’s motion for summary judgment and awarded her an equitable lien on the marital home. We reverse.
Kathleen regularly made gifts and loans to her four children. By 1978, she had made loans to John of approximately $100,000. Many of the loans were evidenced by notes. In July 1978, Kathleen loaned John…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Prophecy Corp. v. Charles Rossignol, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- Middlebrooks v. LonasSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Mays v. PerrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- Bennett v. BennettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1956
3Cited by7 opinions
- Mitsubishi International Corporation, Plaintiff-Counterclaim-Defendant-Appellant v. Cardinal Textile Sales, Inc. United General Marketing, Inc., Classic Sales, Inc., Charles W. Jones and Robert E. Lee, Defendants-Crossclaim- General Sales & Leasing Co., Defendant-Counterclaim-Plaintiff-Crossclaim- Fibertex Textile Supplies, Inc., Defendant-Crossclaim-Defendant-Crossclaim-Plaintiff, Purvis-Sikkelee International, Ltd. And Skein Dyers of America, Inc., Defendants-Crossclaim-Defendants-Appellees, Raymond B. Lippincott, Iii, William J. Purvis, William L. Sikkelee and Consolidated Trading Co., Joseph Lee Smith, Defendants-Crossclaim-Defendants, Hershel Nunley, Defendants-Crossclaim-Plaintiffs, United States of America, Movants. Mitsubishi International Corporation, Plaintiff-Counterclaim-Defendant-Appellant v. Cardinal Textile Sales, Inc., Defendants-Crossclaim-Plaintiffs, General Sales & Leasing Co., Defendant-Counterclaim-Plaintiff-Crossclaim-Plaintiff, Fibertex Textile Supplies, Inc., Defendant-Crossclaim-Defendant-Crossclaim-Plaintiff, Purvis-Sikkelee International, Ltd. And Skein Dyers of America, Inc., Defendants-Crossclaim-Defendants-Appellees, Raymond B. Lippincott, William J. Purvis and William L. Sikkelee, Hershel Nunley, Defendants-Crossclaim-Plaintiff, United States of America, MovantsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Lathem v. HestleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
- Troutman v. TroutmanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
- Lathem v. HestleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
- Leslie Renee Smith v. Russell TibbitsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2021
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.