Breen v. Breen

Hawkins, Justice.

1. While a judgment for permanent alimony, based upon the agreement of the parties, which judgment was not excepted to and contains no reservation of jurisdiction for the purpose of later modifying the same, passes beyond the discretionary control of the trial judge, and he has no authority thereafter to modify the terms of such judgment (Coffee v. Coffee, 101 Ga. 787, 28 S. E. 977; Wilkins v. Wilkins, 146 Ga. 382, 91 S. E. 415)—yet, where such judgment for permanent alimony is based upon an agreement of the parties, and both the agreement, which is made the judgment of the…