Parks v. Parks
Supreme Court of Georgia
Application for alimony, etc. .Before Judge Lewis. Morgan ¡superior court. April 26, 1906. ' ' • The parties are farm-tenant negroes, poor, industrious,' and frugal. They were married in December, 181Í, and have eight ■children, the wife being over fifty years old. In November, 1903, ■she became sick, and the husband employed a woman named Susie Wilson to live on the premises and to cook and do other domestic ¡and farm work.
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Application for alimony, etc. .Before Judge Lewis. Morgan ¡superior court. April 26, 1906. ' ' • The parties are farm-tenant negroes, poor, industrious,' and frugal. They were married in December, 181Í, and have eight ■children, the wife being over fifty years old. In November, 1903, ■she became sick, and the husband employed a woman named Susie Wilson to live on the premises and to cook and do other domestic ¡and farm work. In March, 1905, the wife moved into a separate house on the farm, where she remained for nine months, and then left the premises. In March, 1906, the husband brought a…
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, P. J.
Whenever an action of divorce is brought by either party, the judge is authorized to grant to the wife temporary alimony, including expenses of litigation. Civil Code, § 2457. This may be also done upon proper application by the wife when there is- no action for divorce pending. Civil Code, § 2467. In either event the judge may inquire into the cause and circumstances of the separation, and in Iris discretion may refuse the application for alimony altogether. Civil Code, § 2460. Counsel fees allowed to the wife under such circumstances, or "suit money” as they are sometimes called, are…
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