Dunham v. Belinky

Marshall, Justice.

Where a spouse seeking alimony incurs expenses in employing a private investigator in order to uncover evidence of adultery committed by the other spouse, Code Ann. § 30-201, are these expenses ever recoverable as part of the alimony award? The trial judge answered this question in the negative, ruling that “no person should be compelled to pay or reimburse another party for costs of his own surveillance which might constitute an invasion of privacy ...” See Code Ann. § 26-3007. We reverse.

*480Decided November 13, 1981. Katz & Weissman, Donald A. Weissman, for appellant.…