Purcell v. Purcell

Jun 30, 1982
38658
Reporters:
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Before:
Marshall
Marshall, Justice.

The question for decision in this divorce case is whether the ‍‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍trial judge committed error in entering final relief as to the collateral issues involved in this litigation after only an interlocutory hearing had ‍‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍been conducted. The trial judge has found that by consent of the parties there was a final adjudication of the collateral issues at the ‍‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍interlocutory hearing, with decision on some of the issues being reserved in order to allow the parties to file briefs. Since no transcript ‍‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍was made of the interlocutory hearing, there is no basis for reversing the foregoing finding of the trial judge. See, e.g., Willadsen v. Willadsen, 230 ‍‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍Ga. 607 (198 SE2d 318) (1973).

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur. Janney E. Sanders, for appellee.