Legal Opinion
Eskew v. Eskew
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 3, 1945No. 15205PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Chief Justice.
1. Alimony is an allowance out of the husband’s estate, made for the support of the wife when living separate from him. Code, § 30-201. “The object of alimony is the support of the children as well as the wife.” Rochester v. Rochester, 124 Ga. 993 (53 S. E. 399).
2. The right to recover alimony depends upon a valid, subsisting marriage between the applicant and the man out of whose estate the allowance of alimony is claimed, and this is true even though it is claimed only for the support of a child. Morgan v. Morgan, 148 Ga. 625 (97 S. E. 675, 4 L. R. A. 925); Pennaman v.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Smith v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Morgan v. MorganSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
- Allen v. BakerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Jones v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
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