DAVENPORT v. DAVENPORT

34551.

243 Ga. 613 (1979)

255 S.E.2d 695

DAVENPORT v. DAVENPORT.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 24, 1979.

Rehearing Denied May 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis & Stringer, Robert H. Stringer, for appellant.

Kaler, Lefkoff, Pike & Fox, George M. Fox, for appellee.


Hall, Justice.

The executor of Richard Davenport's estate brings a constitutional challenge to the statutory provision that a wife's unresolved alimony claims survive her husband's death as a lien on his estate.

Richard Davenport filed for divorce from his wife Rosalind Davenport in November 1977 on the ground that the marriage was irretrievably broken. In Mrs. Davenport's answer, she sought a divorce on the ground...

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