Abrams v. Abrams

Weltner, Presiding Justice.

This appeal concerns the enforceability of a purported oral settlement in a divorce proceeding.

1. In Brumbelow v. Northern Propane Gas Co., 251 Ga. 674 (308 SE2d 544) (1983) we held:

Logically then, the purpose of the rule should be construed as avoiding a dispute over the question of the existence of an agreement or its terms. We now find that OCGA § 15-19-5 (Code Ann. § 9-605) should be similarly construed, with the requirement of a writing going to the existence of an agreement or its terms. In other words, where the dispute as to an agreement is not between…