Source: http://keonfamilylaw.com/blog/rebutting-the-presumption-of-a-marital-gift
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 22:42:18+00:00

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Georgia law establishes a presumption of a gift when one spouse transfers legal title to real or personal property to the other spouse or to the marital unit. In other words, property acquired by one spouse prior to marriage (or through gift or inheritance from third-parties during the marriage), which is conveyed to the other spouse during the marriage, will be presumed the separate property of the recipient spouse on divorce. Or if conveyed to the marital unit, such property will be presumed on divorce to constitute a marital asset subject to equitable division.(1) Rebutting the presumption requires clear and convincing evidence that the transferor did not intend to make a gift to the recipient.(2) This article explores the evidence which may or may not suffice to rebut the presumption of a gift.
(1) Coe v. Coe, 285 Ga. 863, 864-865(1), 684 S.E.2d 598 (2009); Lerch v. Lerch, 278 Ga. 885, 608 S.E.2d 223 (2005); and O.C.G.A. § 53-12-131(c). See also McArthur v. McArthur, 256 Ga. 762, 763-7664, 353 S.E.2d 486 (1987). (2) Brock v. Brock, 279 Ga. 119, 120(1), 610 S.E.2d 29 (2005); Talmadge v. Talmadge, 241 Ga. 609, 247 S.E.2d 61 (1978); O.C.G.A. § 53-12-131(c). (3) O.C.G.A. § 44-5-80. (4) Brock, supra, 279 Ga. at 120; Talmadge, supra, 241 Ga. at 610(2); and Scales v. Scales, 235 Ga. 509, 510, 220 S.E.2d 267 (1975). (5) See generally Brock, supra, 279 Ga. at 119(1); Scales, supra, 235 Ga. at 510; O.C.G.A. § 53-12-131(a); and O.C.G.A. § 44-5-84. (6) Scales, supra, 235 Ga. at 510; and O.C.G.A. § 44-5-84. (7) Talmadge, supra, 241 Ga. at 610(2). (8) Brock, supra, 279 Ga. at 119-120(1); Ford v. Ford, 243 Ga. 763, 764-765, 256 S.E.2d 446 (1979); Scales, supra, 235 Ga. at 510-511.

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