Reglas sobre el pago de pensiones alimenticias en Georgia

Explicación Simple

Si un juez dice que alguien debe pagar dinero a su ex pareja, eso es una pensión alimenticia. Si la persona no puede pagar o ya pagó, puede explicar su situación. Es como si alguien te pidiera que le devolvieras un favor, y tú tuvieras una razón válida para no poder hacerlo.

Es como cuando tu amigo te presta un libro y te dice que lo devuelvas en dos semanas. Si no puedes devolverlo a tiempo porque se te perdió, puedes explicarle y pedir más tiempo, en lugar de que se enoje contigo de inmediato.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan y María se separaron y el juez ordenó que Juan le pagara a María una pensión alimenticia cada mes. Un mes, Juan no pudo pagar porque perdió su trabajo. Cuando María lo lleva a la corte por no pagar, Juan puede explicar su situación y pedir que no lo castiguen.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

209 Ga. 313 , 72 S.E.2d 295 (1952). When original judgment for divorce was void for lack of jurisdiction, court erred in requiring payment of alimony and attaching respondent as for contempt. Jones v. Jones, 181 Ga. 747 , 184 S.E. 271 (1936). While the power to enforce a decree for alimony by attachment for contempt by the judges of the superior courts of this state is adequate yet, if in such a proceeding it appears that the judgment awarding alimony is void for any reason, the husband is privileged to collaterally attack the judgment, and in such case the court has no power to punish him for contempt. Allen v. Baker, 188 Ga. 696 , 4 S.E.2d 642 (1939). Defenses to contempt for failure to pay alimony. - One defense to either civil or criminal contempt for failure to pay alimony and child support would be that payments were in fact timely made, and another defense common to both civil and criminal contempt would be that alleged contemnor is financially unable to make payments; an additional defense to civil contempt would be that payments, although not timely made, are current at time of hearing. Hopkins v. Jarvis, 648 F.2d 981 (5th Cir. 1981). Estoppel to plead void award. - When a party, in temporary alimony proceedings, contends that he is not subject to a judgment therefor because he had made a final alimony settlement with his wife by contract, under the doctrine of estoppel by judgment, he is concluded in a subsequent contempt proceeding from contending that the judgment