Legal Opinion

Riddle v. Riddle

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 3, 1978No. 32930PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Marshall, Justice.

The appellant filed this contempt citation against the appellee, alleging that he was $3,939 in arrears in child support payments awarded to her in a 1970 divorce decree. The trial court granted the appellee’s motion for summary judgment on the ground that a prior undissolved marriage between the appellee and another party rendered the 1970 divorce decree null and void. The appellant appeals. We reverse.

It is true that the appellee’s prior undissolved marriage rendered him incapable of contracting the *516subsequent marriage to the appellant (Code Ann. § 53-102 (1); Ga. L. 1957,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Barnett v. BarnettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  2. Gearllach v. OdomSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
  3. Eskew v. EskewSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
  4. Curlew v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
  5. Wallace v. WallaceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1965

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Riddle v. MillerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  2. Vera Burnett v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services, DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  3. McKinney v. McKinneySupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  4. Wright v. HallSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013

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