Legal Opinion
Strange v. Strange
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 7, 1966No. 23395PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Almand, Justice.
The appellant challenges the constitutionality of the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act of Georgia (Ga. L. 1958, p. 34) on the ground that it violates Art. VI, Sec. XVI, Par. I of the Constitution of Georgia (Code Am. § 2-5101) which provides in part that trial by “jury . . . shall remain inviolate” in that said Act does not provide for a jury trial.
The record discloses that the appellant, Bennett Strange, and the appellee, Sarah Strange, were divorced by a decree of Spalding Superior Court in 1964, whereby the three minor children were awarded to the mother, but…
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