Lamb v. Lamb

Marshall, Justice.

The appellant, a Texas resident, brought suit in October of 1977, against her former husband, the appellee, now a Georgia resident, seeking an increase from $200 per month to $1,000 per month in the child-support provisions of their Texas divorce decree due to an alleged increase in his income since moving to Georgia.

The appellee moved to dismiss the complaint on two grounds. First, under McGuire v. McGuire, 228 Ga. 782 (187 SE2d 859) (1972), our alimony modification statute (Code Ann. § 30-220 et seq.; Ga. L. 1955, p. 630, as amended) does not authorize a court of this…