Hall v. Hall
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. November 25, 1912.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, C. J.
1. After a wife has obtained a decree of total divorce the matrimonial relation no longer exists, and therefore she can not then obtain an order or judgment requiring her former husband to pay alimony. Joyner v. Joyner, 131 Ga. 217 (3), 225 (62 S. E. 182, 18 L. R. A. (N. S.) 647, 127 Am. St. R. 220).
2. Nor can she in her own name, and in behalf óf their minor child, obtain an order or judgment requiring her former husband to pay to her alimony, or an allowance in the nature of alimony, in order that she may support the child, whose custody has been awarded to her in the decree of divorce.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
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