Wood v. Atkinson

Gunter, Justice.

We have presented a rather unusual question for decision under the Appellate Practice Act of 1965 as amended.

Mr. Wood and Mrs. Atkinson were formerly husband and wife, but they obtained a divorce in Fulton Superior Court in 1959. The divorce decree required Mr. Wood to make child support payments to his former wife. Pursuant to Code § 30-204 Mrs. Atkinson in 1970 obtained a fi. fa. against Mr. Wood for what she claimed to be unpaid child support payments. Mr. Wood, contending that he did not owe the child support payments since the child had been directly supported and…