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Cates v. Cates

Supreme Court of Georgia
Sep 29, 1969
225 Ga. 612 (Ga. 1969)

Opinion

25427.

SUBMITTED SEPTEMBER 9, 1969.

DECIDED SEPTEMBER 29, 1969.

Divorce. Murray Superior Court. Before Judge Vining.

Mitchell Mitchell, Warren N. Coppedge, Jr., for appellant.

J. W. Yarbrough, for appellee.


1. The evidence sustained the finding that the wife had resided in this State for six months prior to filing suit for divorce.

2. The second enumeration presents no question for review since the ruling it complains of was entered subsequent to the notice of appeal.

SUBMITTED SEPTEMBER 9, 1969 — DECIDED SEPTEMBER 29, 1969.


Enumerated as error is a ruling that the appellee wife had met the six months' residence requirement of Code Ann. § 30-107 for filing suit for divorce, and also an order awarding temporary alimony. These enumerations arose out of an action filed in the Superior Court of Murray County by Nancy Geneva Cates against Clarence Randolph Cates, Jr.

1. The first of these issues, which was certified for immediate review, involves a question of fact. While there was evidence in support of the husband's contention that the wife had not resided in Murray County for the six months before she filed her suit, there was ample evidence to sustain the trial court's ruling, upon motion to dismiss, that she had fulfilled this requirement. She swore categorically that she had lived in a specified portion of Murray County for about six years, had never moved to any other place, and had never intended to reside in another state. Therefore, this enumeration is without merit.

2. The second enumeration cannot be considered. This is because the ruling that it complains of, an order granting temporary alimony, was entered on July 11, 1969, which was subsequent to filing of the notice of appeal on July 9, 1969. See Graham v. Haley, 224 Ga. 498, 501 ( 162 S.E.2d 346).

Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.


Summaries of

Cates v. Cates

Supreme Court of Georgia
Sep 29, 1969
225 Ga. 612 (Ga. 1969)
Case details for

Cates v. Cates

Case Details

Full title:CATES v. CATES

Court:Supreme Court of Georgia

Date published: Sep 29, 1969

Citations

225 Ga. 612 (Ga. 1969)
170 S.E.2d 416

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