Taylor v. Taylor
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1DissentBeasley, Judge
I respectfully dissent because the plain language of OCGA § 19-6-19 (a) limits its two-year repose requirement to cases in which there has been an adjudication of permanent alimony or child support. The legislature, taking into account that the passage of time increasingly diminishes the currency of the adjudication, recognized that financial circumstances and needs change in domestic situations. Thus it expressly provided a procedural mechanism for revision of the court-decreed alimony or child support. OCGA § 19-12-40 does not apply to these issues of continuing obligations insofar as…
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