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Hammers v. Hammers

Supreme Court of Georgia
Jun 21, 1973
198 S.E.2d 656 (Ga. 1973)

Opinion

27907.

SUBMITTED MAY 15, 1973.

DECIDED JUNE 21, 1973.

Divorce; alimony. Fulton Superior Court. Before Judge Etheridge.

Linus L. Zukas, for appellant.


Where, as in the present case, a wife sued her husband for divorce, he being a nonresident of Georgia, and where personal service was had upon him by service of a second original in the State of Hawaii, the court had no jurisdiction to thereafter render a judgment for alimony and attorney fees based upon an amendment to the complaint which added prayers for such relief but which amendment was never served on the defendant in any manner whatsoever, and the judgment of the superior court setting such decree aside as to alimony and attorney fees on petition of the husband, shows no reversible error. Hicks v. Hicks, 193 Ga. 446 (1) ( 18 S.E.2d 754).

Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.


SUBMITTED MAY 15, 1973 — DECIDED JUNE 21, 1973.


Summaries of

Hammers v. Hammers

Supreme Court of Georgia
Jun 21, 1973
198 S.E.2d 656 (Ga. 1973)
Case details for

Hammers v. Hammers

Case Details

Full title:HAMMERS v. HAMMERS

Court:Supreme Court of Georgia

Date published: Jun 21, 1973

Citations

198 S.E.2d 656 (Ga. 1973)
198 S.E.2d 656

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