Legal Opinion

Hughes v. Hughes

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 12, 1909PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Temporary alimony. Before Judge Park. Decatur superior court. February 22, 1909.

1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.

1. Where, pending a suit for permanent alimony, an application is made for temporary alimony under the provisions of the Civil Code, §2467, the judge at chambers, and in a county other than that in which the defendant resides, has jurisdiction, where proper notice has been given to the defendant, to award temporary alimony and counsel fees to the wife. Yoemans v. Yoemans, 77 Ga. 124 (3 S. E. 354).

2. “On the hearing of an application for ‘temporary alimony, including expenses of litigation,’ the judge may allow as counsel fees such sum as in his discretion appears proper under all the facts…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Sweat v. SweatSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  2. Yoemans v. YoemansSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Keefer v. KeeferSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
  2. Wallace v. WallaceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1924
  3. Williams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939

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