Legal Opinion

Bennet v. Bennet

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 12, 1956No. 19250PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

Where the defendant in this divorce case was a resident of Brooks County when she was adjudged insane and a legal guardian whose place of abode is Fulton County was appointed for her, the domicile or legal residence of the mentally incompetent person became, under Code § 79-405, the same as the guardian. The petition of the husband for divorce filed in Brooks County, showing on its face that these facts existed at the time the suit was filed, the court did not err in sustaining the general demurrer and dismissing the petition for lack of jurisdiction. See Redfearn’s…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Co. v. LovernCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1954

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Fuller v. WeekesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962

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