Fralix v. Cordle

Benham, Justice.

In this appeal, filed after we granted appellant former husband’s application for discretionary review, we again measure the length of the domestic relations subsection of Georgia’s Long-Arm Statute, OCGA § 9-10-91 (5). The issue is whether appellant’s complaint for downward modification of his obligation to pay alimony was subject to dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction of appellee former wife.

The parties maintained a matrimonial domicile in Georgia from 1980 to 1986, when appellee moved to South Carolina. In 1986, appellee filed for divorce in DeKalb County and the…