Legal Opinion

Sessions v. Oliver

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 13, 1948No. 16358PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Wyatt, Justice.

Originally the plaintiff in error, mother of the two children involved, filed her petition to set aside or modify a divorce decree, praying only that the decree be set aside or modified so as to give her custody of one of the children. By amendment she changed the prayer of the petition into one for modification of the decree upon the ground of changed conditions, after setting out in her amendment the' nature of the changed conditions.

The order passed by the trial court is susceptible of different interpretations. The trial court in the first sentence of the order denied the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Girtman v. GirtmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
  2. Chapin v. CummingsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
  3. Hill v. RiversSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
  4. Milner v. GatlinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1915
  5. Fortson v. FortsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. In Re the Adoption of HolmanArizona Supreme Court · 1956
  2. Perry v. PerrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1956
  3. Adoption of McKinzieMissouri Court of Appeals · 1955
  4. Hulcher Services, Inc. v. R. J. Corman RailroadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
  5. Wheeler v. HowardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955

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