Legal Opinion

Sims v. Sims

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 8, 1979No. 34228PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Undercofler, Presiding Justice.

We granted an interlocutory appeal to consider the constitutionality of the so-called "live in lover” bill provided for in Ga. L. 1977, pp. 1253, 1255, § 1 (b) (Code Ann. § 30-220 (b)). The trial court upheld the Act. We reverse.

Argued November 15, 1978 Decided March 8, 1979. Fitzgerald & Crane, Wilbur T. Fitzgerald, for appellant. Drew & Jones, James B. Drew, Jr., Don M. Jones, for appellee.

This section provides: "Subsequent to a final judgment of divorce awarding periodic payment of alimony for the support of the wife, the voluntary cohabitation of the former…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Kennedy v. KennedySupreme Court of Georgia · 1979

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Sims v. SimsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  2. Van Dyck v. Van DyckSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  3. Taylor v. TaylorSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  4. Denny C. Cormier v. Maria GreenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
  5. Franklin v. HillSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994

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