Legal Opinion
Findley v. Findley
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 25, 2006No. S06A0424PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENHAM, Justice.
This Court granted the application for discretionary review filed by Norma Findley (“Wife”) after the trial court denied Wife’s petition for contempt, ruling that the estate of her late ex-husband was not obligated to make monthly alimony payments to Wife because the obligation to pay alimony did not survive the May 2004 death of the obligor Husband. The trial court also directed Wife to pay $500 attorney fees to the estate.
1. Where, as here, the parties to a divorce enter into a separation agreement that provides for the payment of alimony and the agreement is incorporated…
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