Edwards v. Benefield

260 Ga. 238 (1990)

392 S.E.2d 1

EDWARDS

v.

BENEFIELD.

S90A0802.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 7, 1990.

Word & Flinn, Gerald P. Word, for appellant.

Brenda S. Weathington, for appellee.

CLARKE, Chief Justice.

The parties were divorced in 1986. The judgment of the trial court incorporated a settlement agreement between the parties which provided, in pertinent part,

[Former husband] shall pay alimony to the [former wife] in the amount of $200 per month for six years. Thereafter [former husband] will pay $100 alimony to the [former wife] permanently.

Former wife subsequently remarried and former…