Whitaker v. Whitaker

Gunter, Justice.

This appeal presents the interesting issue of whether the Georgia courts must give full faith and credit to a Florida domestic relations judgment that sought to bind one of the parties, the wife, who was not within the territorial limits of Florida at, during, or after the commencement and pendency of the action. Personal service of process was perfected upon the non-resident wife pursuant to Florida’s domestic relations "long-arm” statute.

Mr. and Mrs. Whitaker formerly lived as husband and wife in Florida; the couple separated, and in October of 1974, Mrs. Whitaker left…