Howington v. Howington

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• holding that the trial court was authorized to grant relief not asserted in a pleading by the husband when the wife permitted the issue to be litigated without objection
• holding that the trial court was authorized to grant relief not asserted in a pleading by the husband when the wife permitted the issue to be litigated without objection
• holding that although Husband did not plead for reimbursement of pension benefits, the trial court did not err in granting Husband relief regarding those benefits because the issue was litigated without Wife’s objection
• “laches can be a defense to an action attacking the validity of a divorce decree. [Cits.]”
• \laches can be a defense to an action attacking the validity of a divorce decree. [Cits.]\
• wife who permitted issue not raised in pleadings to be litigated at hearing had waived any objections

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Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Abushmais v. Erby
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-10-29· cited 39×
• Walls v. Walls
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-15· cited 11×
• Douglas v. Douglas
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-06-15· cited 9×
• Jenkins v. Sallie Mae, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-07-11· cited 9×
• Amerson v. Vandiver
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-01-26· cited 8×
• Sedehi v. Chamberlin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-02-09· cited 5×
• In Re the Estate of Rhonda P. Jeffcoat
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-11-08
• Stephen L. Mitchell, Janie Mitchell Belew, Lisa Mitchell Seigmann, and Linda Mitchell Stapleton v. Map Resources, Inc., Pecos Bend Royalties, LLP, Pbr Properties Joint Ventures, and Tommy Vascocu
  Texas Supreme Court· 2022-05-13
• Brittingham v. Dattilio
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-08-30
• Cortney Brittingham v. Terry Dattilio
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-08-30
• Arya John Sedehi v. Amanda Chamberlin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-02-09

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wright v. Wright
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-22· cited 96×
• Griffin-Spalding County Hospital Authority v. Radio Station WKEU
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-01-03· cited 26×
• Hall v. Trubey
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-02-23· cited 23×
• Watson v. Watson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-09-12· cited 10×
• Stone v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-06-26· cited 9×
• City of Dalton v. Carroll
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-04-12· cited 7×
• Conner v. Conner
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-02-23· cited 5×

Other cases named Howington v. Howington

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Howington v. Howington
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-01-04