BRYAN v. BRYAN

34144.

242 Ga. 826 (1979)

251 S.E.2d 566

BRYAN v. BRYAN.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Westmoreland, Hall, McGee, Warner & Oxford, Edward E. Bates, Jr., Harry P. Hall, Jr., for appellant.

Hurt, Richardson, Garner, Todd & Cadenhead, Emily S. Bair, A. Paul Cadenhead, for appellee.


HALL, Justice.

This appeal questions the interpretation and application of Code § 30-201, which is Georgia's 1977 alimony statute allowing the factfinder to consider on the question of alimony the factual cause of the separation of the parties and evidence of the husband's conduct toward the wife. We rule that the new statute may be applied to pre-1977 acts of the parties.

Mr. and Mrs. Bryan were granted a "no-fault" divorce (see Code Ann. § 30-102...

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