McNUTT v. BEATY

77-802.

370 So.2d 998 (1979)

In re Claud Millard McNUTT et al. v. Loma B. BEATY et al. Ex parte Claud Millard McNutt and Claud Millard McNutt, as Administrator of the Estate of Carol Dean McNutt, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. King, Gadsden, for petitioners.

Loma B. Beaty, Patrick H. Tate, Charles M. Scott, Fort Payne, for respondents.


PER CURIAM.

The issue in this case is whether a circuit court has continuing jurisdiction over a divorce case permitting it to enter an order awarding attorneys' fees some two years after reconciliation of the parties. We hold it does not.

Petitioner, Claud Millard McNutt, filed an action for divorce from his wife, Carol Dean McNutt. The divorce was granted by the Circuit Court of DeKalb County on 16 July 1975. Three months later the divorce decree was set...

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