Case Name: GAULTNEY v. GAULTNEY
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1988-10-20
Citations: 258 Ga. 602
Docket Number: 46077
Parties: GAULTNEY v. GAULTNEY.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 258
Pages: 602–603

Head Matter:
46077.
GAULTNEY v. GAULTNEY.
(372 SE2d 814)

Opinion:
Hunt, Justice.
The trial court dismissed the former wife's complaint for modification of child support, filed less than two years after the final divorce decree, as violative of OCGA § 19-6-19 (a). In Thorp v. Thorp, 258 Ga. 220 (367 SE2d 232) (1988), we held that OCGA § 19-6-19 (a) requires a two-year wait for filing a modification petition from a prior modification order, not from the original divorce decree. Accordingly, the complaint was not subject to dismissal.
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concur.
Decided October 20, 1988.
Hagler, Hyles & Badcock, Tasca W. Badcock, for appellant.
Lee R. Grogan, for appellee.