Eastland v. Candler

The contention that Georgia Laws 1966, p. 160, approved March 4, 1966 (Code Ann. § 30-209) relieved appellant from the payment of the $3,600 alimony judgment of October 3, 1963, payable April 1, 1967, is without merit. This Act provides: “All obligations for permanent alimony to the wife, whether created by contract, verdict, judgment, or decree, the time for performance of which has not yet arrived, shall cease upon her remarriage unless otherwise provided in the decree.” The amount fixed was a lump sum which was not contemplated by said Act and was a fixed and vested right of the appellee…