Nelson v. Roberts

Head, Presiding Justice.

The question presented by this record is whether or not a trial judge has the right to require a former husband to pay attorney’s fees as a part of the expenses of litigation of his former wife when she files an application for modification of a permanent alimony judgment for their minor children.

When the act of 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, pp. 630-632; Code Ann. Supp. § 30-220 et seq.) was enacted, which authorized applications for modification of permanent alimony judgments, it was the law of this State that attorney’s fees, an intrinsic part of temporary alimony, could not be…