Green v. Green

In Green v. Green, 263 Ga. 551 (437 SE2d 457) (1993), the Georgia Supreme Court reversed the trial court's denial of a motion to set aside a judgment when a pro se party in a divorce action, who resided in another state, did not receive actual notice of a trial calendar published in the legal organ for the county and failed to appear. 263 Ga. at 553 (2). One fact supporting the Georgia Supreme Court's decision to reverse was the "lengths to which appellee's counsel went to ensure that this case was tried in the absence of appellant." Id. at 555 (2). In Green, it was undisputed that the actual party to the litigation did not receive notice of the trial calendar.