Legal Opinion

Chandler v. Chandler

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 15, 1948No. 16208PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Duckworth, Presiding Justice.

1. While a judgment for permanent alimony, based upon an agreement of the parties, which was not excepted to and which judgment contained no reservation of jurisdiction for the purpose of later modifying the same, passes beyond the discretionary control of the trial judge, and he has no authority thereafter to modify the terms of such judgment (Coffee v. Coffee, 101 Ga. 787, 28 S. E. 977; Wilkins v. Wilkins, 146 Ga. 382, 91 S. E. 415), yet where such judgment for permanent alimony is based upon an agreement of the parties and the judgment reserves the right of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Coffee v. CoffeeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  2. Wilkins v. WilkinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
  3. Hardy v. PenningtonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Ramsay v. SimsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
  2. Varble v. HughesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  3. Burton v. FurcronSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
  4. Goodloe v. GoodloeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
  5. Breen v. BreenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952

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