Case Name: King v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1913-03-18
Citations: 12 Ga. App. 482
Docket Number: 4470
Parties: King v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 482–482

Head Matter:
4470.
King v. The State.
Decided March 18, 1913.
Accusation of abandonment; from city court of Jackson—Judge Fletcher. October 4, 1912.
W. E. Watkins, for plaintiff in error.
G. L. Redman, solicitor, contra.

Opinion:
Russell, J.
1. A judgment for alimony is not necessarily a bar to a prosecution for abandonment.
2. Without reference to the effect' generally of a judgment for alimony upon a prosecution for abandonment, a judgment for alimony against the accused and in favor of his wife and children would constitute no defense where it appeared that after the rendition of such judgment he abandoned his children, leaving them in a dependent condition, and failed to comply with the judgment. While it appears in the present case that the accused partially satisfied the judgment for alimony, there was evidence that he had not paid the judgment in full, and that he had abandoned his children, leaving them at that time in a dependent condition. Judgment affirmed.