Legal Opinion
Hackbart v. Hackbart
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 31, 2000No. S99A1310PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hines, Justice.
Michael Hayes Hackbart appeals from an award of child support in this divorce case. This Court granted his application for discretionary appeal to determine whether the award was appropriate when the complaint contained no plea for child support and the defendant neither answered nor appeared. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.
Michael Hayes Hackbart and Elizabeth Gail Hackbart were married on April 25, 1992. Their only child, Shane, was born in 1994. In 1995, Ms. Hackbart and Shane moved from California to Georgia. Mr. Hackbart joined Ms. Hackbart and Shane in March 1996,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Strange v. StrangeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
- Conley v. ConleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
- Lambert v. GilmerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
- Ticor Construction Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- Cross v. CrossSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
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