Legal Opinion
Acker v. Acker
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 24, 1978No. 33037PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Undercofler, Presiding Justice.
The wife appeals from the judgment of divorce on the ground that the husband was illegally awarded alimony from her estate. The parties jointly owned their residence in Chatham County and two lots in Liberty County. The trial court granted the Chatham residence to the wife and the Liberty lots to the husband. Under Gorman v. Gorman, 239 Ga. 312 (236 SE2d 352) (1977), such a verdict by the court is authorized in the exercise of its equity powers. Lowry v. Lowry, 238 Ga. 593 (234 SE2d 509) (1977), is distinguishable because there the trial court illegally gave the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Gorman v. GormanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Lowry v. LowrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
3Cited by6 opinions
- Stokes v. StokesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Hargrett v. HargrettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- Morris v. MorrisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- Hollandsworth v. HollandsworthSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Reaves v. ReavesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
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