STOOKEY v. STOOKEY

No. S01A1362.

554 S.E.2d 472 (2001)

274 Ga. 472

STOOKEY v. STOOKEY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kidd & Vaughan, Gwenn D. Holland, Atlanta, for appellant.

White & Shippert, David M. Shippert, Powder Springs, Ray B. Gary, Jr., Jill E. Stahlman, Marietta, for appellee.


HUNSTEIN, Justice.

We granted the application for discretionary appeal from the superior court's denial of a motion to enforce a settlement agreement in this divorce case. Because we conclude that the trial court erred in refusing to acknowledge the validity of the agreement, we reverse and remand the case with direction.

The parties had been married for 38 years when Retta Stookey commenced divorce proceedings. The evidence of record establishes

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