Supreme Court of Georgia· 6/6/2004
Hipps v. Hipps
Citations
- 597 S.E.2d 359
- 278 Ga. 49
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- discussing an award of survivor’s benefits available as a result of military service
- entirety of contributions to Husband’s retirement account predated marriage and, thus, remained his separate property
- entirety of contributions to Husband’s retirement account predated marriage and, thus, remained his separate property
- “Alimony is an allowance out of one party’s estate, made for the support of the other party when living separately. It is either temporary or permanent.” (punctuation omitted)
- state law rather than federal law controls the area of domestic relations
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Judges: Carley
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