Court Opinion

ID: 9848137
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:13:29.830775+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:18:03.555491
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Jordan, Justice,
dissenting. I do not agree that the jury verdict and judgment of the alimony award to the wife of a fixed amount subject to adjustment every two years based on the Consumer Price Index was illegal or unlawful. Though rare in the field of divorce and alimony, such a method is in extensive use in other areas. A similar provision is incorporated into most retirement and pension plans, and serves there, as it will here, to maintain a proper ratio between appellee’s income and the ever-fluctuating cost of living. This court has recently upheld an award of alimony based upon a percentage of future income in the event of a change in the husband’s "net compensation after taxes,” thereby approving a variable award of alimony contingent upon a certain event. Golden v. Golden, 230 Ga. 867 (199 SE2d 796). I see no distinction between the holding in that case and the verdict and judgment in the instant case.
I am authorized to state that Justice Gunter concurs in this dissent.