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LEGE v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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236 Ga. 138 (1976)

223 S.E.2d 78

LEGE v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 23, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Araguel & Sanders, Jerry D. Sanders, for appellant.

Hirsch, Beil & Partin, John B. Partin, for appellees.

HILL, Justice.

This court has jurisdiction of "all divorce and alimony cases." Code Ann. § 2-3704. This case is a garnishment against the United States of America by a former wife to collect permanent alimony allegedly due her from her former husband, a retired government employee. Although the husband appeared to contest the applicability of Ga. L. 1975, p. 1291, this is not an "alimony case" within the meaning of Code Ann. § 2-3704 which establishes the...

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