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Is Property From a Separate Maintenance Judgment Divided Again in a Divorce?
Property awarded in a Georgia separate maintenance judgment becomes separate estate and is not subject to equitable division in a later divorce.
Read MoreDoes Filing for Divorce Stop a Georgia Separate Maintenance Case?
A Georgia divorce filing puts a separate maintenance case in abeyance by operation of the statute, but a divorce filed in another state does not.
Read MorePersonal Service in a Georgia Separate Maintenance Case
A Georgia separate maintenance action runs against the person, so the other spouse has to be personally served.
Read MoreWhere Do You File a Separate Maintenance Action in Georgia?
Georgia's constitutional venue rule for divorce does not govern separate maintenance, and a case seeking only a nonresident's property must be filed where the property sits.
Read MoreCan a Separation Agreement Bar Year's Support in Georgia?
A written Georgia separation agreement settling support can bar a surviving spouse's year's support and inheritance claims, but an oral one silent on support will not.
Read MoreEnforcing an Out-of-State Separation Agreement in Georgia
A Georgia court will enforce a separation agreement signed in another state, but reads it under that state's rules of contract construction.
Read MoreGeorgia Enforces a Separation Agreement Exactly as Written
Georgia courts read separation agreement terms in their plain, ordinary sense, and expert testimony will not redefine them.
Read MoreWhat Happens When a Separation Agreement Is Incorporated Into a Judgment?
Incorporation makes a Georgia settlement agreement part of the judgment, wiping out inconsistent side deals while leaving a separate breach of contract suit available.
Read MoreDo You Have to Be Separated to Sign a Separation Agreement in Georgia?
A Georgia separation agreement is valid when made after the parties separate, or immediately before a separation they have already decided on.
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