Hall v. Day

Sears, Justice.

We granted an application to appeal in this matter in order to consider whether the trial court erred by construing a divorce decree provision that requires the appellee to pay for his daughter to attend a state-supported university to mean that the appellee has to pay only an amount equal to the cost of tuition at a state-supported university located in Georgia. As explained below, we conclude that in reaching this ruling, the trial court misconstrued the unambiguous terms of the divorce decree and effectively modified the terms of that decree. Therefore, we reverse.

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