Legal Opinion

Brown v. Brown

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 12, 1953No. 18386Published

1Opinion of the Court

Hawkins, Justice.

This being a rule to enforce the payment of alleged past due and unpaid weekly instalments of permanent alimony awarded to the minor child of the plaintiff and the defendant by a decree dated November 6, 1944, which this court has held in Brown v. Brown, ante, was not affected by the subsequent voluntary cohabitation of the husband and wife, it was error for the trial judge to abate and dismiss this proceeding on motion, because of the pendency of a proceeding for divorce, temporary and permanent alimony for herself and child and for attorney’s fees, brought by the wife of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Varble v. HughesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  2. Mosely v. MoselySupreme Court of Georgia · 1935
  3. Underwood v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
  4. Dempsey v. DempseySupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
  5. Wright v. WrightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949

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