Walters v. Walters

Hines, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Gwinnett County dismissing plaintiff Cornelia Walters’s divorce action for lack of jurisdiction over her estranged husband, Alfredo Walters. The superior court found that “there were not sufficient contacts with the State of Georgia to justify in personam judgment against the nonresident [defendant in this case.” Finding that the evidence of record shows sufficient contacts with this State, we reverse.

The Walters were married in 1982 and have one child. On June 29, 2001, Ms. Walters filed a complaint for divorce against…