Langston v. Nash

Jenkins, Justice.

1. The superior court is “without jurisdiction to render a judgment for permanent alimony . . before the appearance term; . . such jurisdiction [can] not be conferred by consent of the parties;” and such a judgment, “being void for lack of jurisdiction, [can] not be the basis of contempt proceedings against the defendant for failure to pay permanent alimony.” Seigler v. Seigler, 181 Ga. 310 (181 S. E. 822). Until the act of 1935 (Ga. L. 1935, p. 481; Ann. Code, §§ 30-131, 30-132), which authorized all judgments in divorce cases to be taken “at the first or appearance term,”…