BENTLEY v. BENTLEY

37094.

247 Ga. 85 (1981)

274 S.E.2d 338

BENTLEY v. BENTLEY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Ringler, for appellant.

Otis W. Harrison, for appellee.


UNDERCOFLER, Justice.

In this suit to domesticate a South Carolina divorce decree and to collect back child support by contempt, the trial court dismissed the wife's petition on the ground that South Carolina was without personal jurisdiction of the husband in rendering its judgment for child support. The wife stipulated that the husband was "personally served" in Georgia, i.e., a Richmond County sheriff handed him a summons, and argues that thereby the South Carolina...

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