HEATH v. HEATH

45022.

257 Ga. 777 (1988)

364 S.E.2d 272

HEATH v. HEATH.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cowen & Cowen, Martin L. Cowen III, for appellant.

Charles Edward Heath, pro se.


CLARKE, Presiding Justice.

We are called upon to determine whether a valid foreign divorce decree bars a Georgia action for alimony and property division when the Georgia party has no contacts in the foreign state. The trial court in this case dismissed the Georgia action and we affirm but conclude that the dismissal does not bar a new proceeding for alimony and property division in Georgia.

The parties married in 1983 and lived together in Georgia until they...

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