Coleman v. Coleman

In November, 1974, in Friedman v. Friedman, 233 Ga. 254 (210 SE2d 754) (1974), this court held that a divorce could be granted before trial on motion for judgment on the pleadings and that the issue of permanent alimony could be tried later. Prior to that time the issues of divorce and permanent alimony almost universally were decided at the same time. Thus the problem which has arisen here could not have arisen' before and without Friedman v. Friedman, supra.

We are now called upon to decide what happens to a wife’s right to alimony when, after a pre-trial divorce, she remarries before the…