Edwards v. Benefield

Clarke, Chief Justice.

The parties were divorced in 1986. The judgment of the trial court incorporated a settlement agreement between the parties which provided, in pertinent part,

[Former husband] shall pay alimony to the [former wife] in the amount of $200 per month for six years. Thereafter [former husband] will pay $100 alimony to the [former wife] permanently.

Former wife subsequently remarried and former husband brought this action for declaratory judgment to determine whether his obliga*239tion to pay alimony terminated with the remarriage under the provisions of OCGA § 19-6-5 (b). The trial…