Ellis v. Ellis

690 S.E.2d 155 (2010)

ELLIS

v.

ELLIS.

No. S09F1798.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 1, 2010.

Reconsideration Denied March 15, 2010.

Whitmer & Law, George H. Law III, Gainesville, for appellant.

Carol S. Sheppard, Dahlonega, Vic Brown Hill, Brad E. MacDonald, Marietta, for appellee.

MELTON, Justice.

In this divorce action, which falls under this Court's Pilot Project, Bonnie Lou Ellis ("Wife") contends that the trial court erred by conducting a final hearing in her absence and entering a judgment on the pleadings in favor of Otis Dan Ellis ("Husband"). Because Wife filed no responsive pleadings and…