Guy v. Roberson
Decision Date | 10 August 1994 |
Docket Number | A94A1716,Nos. A94A1715,s. A94A1715 |
Citation | 448 S.E.2d 60,214 Ga.App. 391 |
Parties | GUY v. ROBERSON et al. ROBERSON et al. v. GUY. |
Court | Georgia Court of Appeals |
Glyndon C. Pruitt, Buford, for appellant.
Stewart, Melvin & House, Frank W. Armstrong III, Gainesville, for appellees.
In 1986, Wilma Dean Guy filed a petition for divorce from William Haislip in the Superior Court of Hall County, Georgia. She subsequently named Mark Roberson and Walter Roberson (defendants) in her divorce action, alleging that certain residential real estate titled in their names was an asset of her marriage and subject to equitable division. Personal service on Mark Roberson was made by leaving a copy of the summons and complaint with his estranged wife at defendant's address in Kennesaw, Georgia. Service of process on Walter Roberson was executed via publication, apparently pursuant to OCGA § 9-11-4(e). Neither Mark Roberson nor Walter Roberson answered or appeared in Guy's divorce proceeding and on August 29, 1986, she was granted a default judgment awarding her title to the property. On October 28, 1986, defendants brought a joint action seeking to set aside the final judgment in Guy's divorce proceedings. This separate action was treated by the trial court as a motion to set aside the judgment made pursuant to OCGA § 9-11-60(d). On February 28, 1994, the trial court entered an order which granted Walter Roberson's motion to set aside the judgment in Guy's divorce proceeding based on the lack of personal service of process. However, the court refused to set aside the judgment against Mark Roberson on the alleged grounds of fraud and lack of personal jurisdiction. In Case No. A94A1715, Guy appeals from the order of the superior court setting aside the default judgment she had obtained against Walter Roberson and, in Case No. A94A1716, Mark Roberson cross-appeals from that portion of the trial court's order denying his motion to set aside.
1. " Cole v. Cole, 205 Ga.App. 332(1), 422 S.E.2d 230. In the absence of an order dismissing the case, (Emphasis in original.) Laff Lines, Ltd. v. Dimauro, 186 Ga.App. 24, 25, 366 S.E.2d 375.
2. The dismissal of the main appeal requires consideration of appellate jurisdiction over the cross-appeal by defendant Mark Roberson from the denial of his OCGA § 9-11-60(d) motion. Serco Co. v. Choice Bumper, 199 Ga.App. 846, 406 S.E.2d 276. In the case sub judice, Mark Roberson's appeal from the denial of his OCGA § 9-11-60(d) motion to set aside is subject to the application procedures for discretionary appeal under OCGA § 5-6-35(a)(8). See Stone v. Dawkins, 192 Ga.App. 126, 384 S.E.2d 225. Consequently, ...
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