Legal Opinion
Mallard v. Mallard
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 19, 1965No. 23151PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Candler, Presiding Justice.
On April 20, 1962, a decree was entered in the Superior Court of Newton County which required Leo Sessions Mallard to pay his wife, Polly Davis Mallard, from whom he was by the same decree divorced, the sum of $45 per week for the support and maintenance of their minor child. Pursuant to the provisions of an Act approved March 9, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 630, Code Ann. § 30-220) which authorizes the revision upward or downward of a decree for child support, Mallard filed a suit in the same court against his former wife in which he prayed for a downward revision of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Walker v. SuppleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1875
- McWilliams v. City of RomeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Hawes v. Red Oak Hauling Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1967