Luke v. Luke

1. In response to the petition of the husband for a divorce, the wife filed an answer and a petition for alimony, temporary and permanent, and for counsel fees, in one cross-action. “ A petition for alimony pending a divorce suit or a suit for permanent alimony is in the nature of an ancillary proceeding, and does not require the issuance and service of a new process returnable to another term of court. Upon it the presiding judge issues an order nisi which is served and under which the hearing is had.” Nipper v. Nipper, 129 Ga. 450 (3) (59 S. E. 226); Williams v. Williams, 137 Ga. 791 (74 S.…