Legal Opinion

Kinsey v. Kinsey

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 8, 1967No. 43180Published

1Opinion of the Court

Eberhardt, Judge.

The sole question for decision is whether the provision in an agreement by a husband for the payment of a stipulated sum or a percentage of his gross monthly income, whichever might be greater, as child support, the contract having been incorporated in and made a part of a subsequent divorce decree, applies to the amount of his income before or after deduction of business expenses. This was settled by the Supreme Court in Holland v. Holland, 222 Ga. 467 (150 SE2d 673) to mean the husband’s “entire earnings . . . without deduction of expenses incurred.”

Consequently, a contrary…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Holland v. HollandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966

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