GA 19-6-1 - GA 19-6-1

Temporary Alimony So long as divorce litigation is pending, trial judge is authorized to exercise discretion in continuing temporary alimony. Brown v. Brown, 224 Ga. 90 , 160 S.E.2d 343 (1968). Court will not very strictly scrutinize conduct for purpose of determining right to temporary alimony. Walden v. Walden, 169 Ga. 586 , 151 S.E. 22 (1929). Judge may base grant of temporary alimony on application for permanent alimony. - When a husband and wife are living separately, and no action for divorce is pending, and the wife has instituted against the husband an action for permanent alimony, it is not illegal for the judge on her application, after the required notice to the husband, to grant temporary alimony. Pelot v. Pelot, 193 Ga. 316 , 18 S.E.2d 548 (1942). Proportion of estate to be gi...