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GA Code § 19-3-43 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage Generally|Article 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 19-3-43. Marriage in Another State; Effect in This State

  All marriages solemnized in another state by parties intending at the time to reside in this state shall have the same legal consequences and effect as if solemnized in this state. Parties residing in this state may not evade any of the laws of this state as to marriage, including, but not limited to, the age limitations provided for in Code Section 19-3-2, by going into another state for the solemnization of the marriage ceremony.   Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Code section, the age limitations provided for in Code Section 19-3-2 shall not apply to a lawful marriage solemnized in another state or country prior to either party residing in this state.    (Orig. Code 1863, § 1668; Code 1868, § 1709; Code 1873, § 1710; Code 1882, § 1710; Civil Code 1895, § 2424; Civil Code 1910, § 2943; Code 1933, § 53-214; Ga. L. 2019, p. 558, § 1-6/HB 228.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective July 1, 2019, designated the existing provisions as subsection (a); inserted ", including, but not limited to, the age limitations provided for in Code Section 19-3-2," in the middle of the second sentence of subsection (a); and added subsection (b).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    If alleged marriage is valid when performed, it is valid  in this state, regardless of the fact that the license was invalid where the ceremony was performed or that no license at all was taken out. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-240.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 52 Am. Jur. 2d, Marriage, § 62 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 55 C.J.S., Marriage, § 3.   ALR.    - Recognition of foreign marriage as affected by the conditions or manner of dissolving it under the foreign law, or the toleration of polygamous marriages, 74 A.L.R. 1533.    Recognition of foreign marriage as affected by policy in respect of incestuous marriages, 117 A.L.R. 186.    Public policy of forum against recognition of marriage valid (or voidable only) by the law of the place where it was celebrated, as affected by fact that neither of the parties was domiciled at the forum at the time of the marriage, 127 A.L.R. 437.   Conflict of laws as to validity of marriage attacked because of nonage, 71 A.L.R.2d 687.   Recognition by forum state of marriage which, although invalid where contracted, would have been valid if contracted within forum state, 82 A.L.R.3d 1240.
GA Code § 19-3-44 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage Generally|Article 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 19-3-44. Return of License to Parties

  The judge of the probate court of each county shall return to the parties to a marriage the license and the return thereon after the same have been recorded as provided by law. This subsection shall be applicable to all marriage licenses and the returns thereon recorded after March 25, 1958.   Upon request of either of the parties, the judge of the probate court of each county is authorized, as to marriage licenses with the returns thereon recorded prior to March 25, 1958, to return the license:   To the parties to the marriage if the marriage is not dissolved and the parties are not living in a state of separation;   To the surviving party to the marriage if one of the parties is deceased; or   To the party first requesting the license if the parties are divorced.      (Ga. L. 1958, p. 331, §§ 1, 2.)   Cross references.   - Maintenance of records of marriage licenses generally, § 31-10-21.
GA Code § 19-3-46 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage Generally|Article 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 19-3-46. Forfeiture for Officiating at Marriage Without License or Banns

 The Governor or any former Governor of this state, any judge, city recorder, magistrate, minister, or other person authorized to perform the marriage ceremony who joins in marriage any couple without a license or the publication of banns shall forfeit the sum of $500.00, to be recovered and appropriated as set forth in Code Section 19-3-45.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 1662; Code 1868, § 1705; Code 1873, § 1706; Code 1882, § 1706; Civil Code 1895, § 2420; Civil Code 1910, § 2939; Code 1933, § 53-210; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 394, § 4/SB 238.)   Law reviews.   - For comment, "By the Power Vested in Me? Licensing Religious Officials to Solemnize Marriage in the Age of Same-Sex Marriage," see 63 Emory L. J. 979 (2014).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 55 C.J.S., Marriage, § 30.   ALR.   - Recovery of cumulative statutory penalties, 71 A.L.R.2d 986.
GA Code § 19-3-47 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage Generally|Article 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 19-3-47. Penalty for Filing False Information in Application for License

 Any person who willfully furnishes false information in connection with the application and issuance of any marriage license, either in the application for the license, in furnishing proof of age, or in the physician's certificate as to pregnancy, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Code 1933, § 53-9912, enacted by Ga. L. 1965, p. 335, § 9.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 52 Am. Jur. 2d, Marriage, §§ 31, 32.   C.J.S.   - 55 C.J.S., Marriage, § 26.   ALR.    - Perjury as predicated upon statements upon application for marriage license, 101 A.L.R. 1263.
GA Code § 19-3-48 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage Generally|Article 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 19-3-48. Penalty for Officiating at Illegal Marriage Ceremony

 If the Governor or any former Governor of this state, any judge, city recorder, magistrate, minister, or other person authorized to perform the marriage ceremony joins together in matrimony any man and woman without a license or the publication of banns or if the person performing the marriage ceremony knows of any disability of either of the parties which would render a contract of marriage improper and illegal, that person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Cobb's 1851 Digest, pp. 818, 819; Code 1863, § 4441; Code 1868, § 4482; Code 1873, § 4566; Code 1882, § 4566; Penal Code 1895, § 637; Penal Code 1910, § 677; Code 1933, § 53-9901; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 19; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 394, § 5/SB 238.)   Law reviews.   - For comment, "By the Power Vested in Me? Licensing Religious Officials to Solemnize Marriage in the Age of Same-Sex Marriage," see 63 Emory L. J. 979 (2014).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Officiant's knowledge as to foreign residence did not violate section.    - Fact that the license was issued by the ordinary (now probate judge) of a county in which the female did not reside would not in itself render the marriage illegal, and therefore the knowledge of this fact by the marrying official would not constitute a violation of law. Minshew v. State, 25 Ga. App. 240, 102 S.E. 906 (1920).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 55 C.J.S., Marriage, § 30.
GA Code § 19-3-49 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage Generally|Article 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 19-3-49. Acceptance by Judges of Tips, Consideration, or Gratuities

 In addition to any compensation otherwise provided by law, any judge who performs a marriage ceremony at any time, except normal office hours, may receive and retain as personal income any tip, consideration, or gratuity voluntarily given to such judge for performing such marriage ceremony.    (Code 1981, §19-3-49, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1488, § 1.)
GA Code § 19-3-60 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage Generally|Article 3 - Antenuptial Agreements, Marriage Contracts, and Postnuptial Settlements|§ 19-3-60. Definition; Marriage as Valuable Consideration

  As used in this article, the term "antenuptial agreement" means a contract entered into prior to a marriage that determines property rights or contemplates a future settlement to one spouse as to a future resolution of issues, including, but not limited to, year's support, spousal support, and equitable division of property.   Marriage is a valuable consideration; and a spouse stands, as to property of the other spouse settled upon a spouse by marriage contract, as do other purchasers for value, provided that by the contract a spouse shall not incapacitate himself or herself from paying his or her existing just debts.    (Orig. Code 1863, § 1731; Code 1868, § 1772; Code 1873, § 1782; Code 1882, § 1782; Civil Code 1895, § 2487; Civil Code 1910, § 3006; Code 1933, § 53-403; Ga. L. 2018, p. 155, § 1-1/HB 190.)    The 2018 amendment,  effective July 1, 2018, added subsection (a); designated the previously existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (b), and, in subsection (b), inserted "or herself" and "or her" near the end.   Cross references.   - Consideration generally, § 13-3-40 et seq.   Law reviews.   - For annual survey on domestic relations, see 70 Mercer L. Rev. 81 (2018).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Marriage is valuable consideration and innocent purchaser on such consideration will be protected even against subsequent bona fide purchaser. Nally v. Nally, 74 Ga. 669 (1885).    Marriage is sufficient consideration to support deed, and if the woman is guilty of no fraud, and enters into the settlement without notice of a debt, due from the man to a third party, she will be protected in the property conveyed by the settlement, against that debt. Marshall v. Morris, 16 Ga. 368 (1854); Sheridan v. Sheridan, 153 Ga. 262, 111 S.E. 906 (1922).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 41 Am. Jur. 2d, Husband and Wife, § 106.   C.J.S.   - 41 C.J.S., Husband and Wife, §§ 93 et seq., 111.   ALR.    - Promise to marry as consideration for note or other executory obligation made some time thereafter, 63 A.L.R. 1184.   What constitutes promise made in or upon consideration of marriage within statute of frauds, 75 A.L.R.2d 633.   Action based upon reconveyance, upon promise of reconciliation, of property realized from divorce award or settlement, 99 A.L.R.3d 1248.   Validity, construction, and enforcement of oral antenuptial agreements, 15 A.L.R.7th 2.
GA Code § 19-3-61 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage Generally|Article 3 - Antenuptial Agreements, Marriage Contracts, and Postnuptial Settlements|§ 19-3-61. Effect of Minority of Party

 The minority of either party to an antenuptial agreement or to a marriage contract shall not invalidate it, so long as the party is of lawful age to contract marriage.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 1734; Code 1868, § 1775; Code 1873, § 1784; Code 1882, § 1784; Civil Code 1895, § 2489; Civil Code 1910, § 3008; Code 1933, § 53-402; Ga. L. 2018, p. 155, § 1-1/HB 190.)    The 2018 amendment,  effective July 1, 2018, substituted "an antenuptial agreement" for "marriage articles, as defined in subsection (a) of Code Section 19-3-62," in this Code section.   Law reviews.   - For article recommending more consistency in age requirements of laws pertaining to the welfare of minors, see 6 Ga. St. B.J. 189 (1969).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 52 Am. Jur. 2d, Marriage, § 16.   C.J.S.   - 41 C.J.S., Husband and Wife, § 120 et seq.
GA Code § 19-3-64 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage Generally|Article 3 - Antenuptial Agreements, Marriage Contracts, and Postnuptial Settlements|§ 19-3-64. Voluntary Execution of Antenuptial Agreement; Conveyance of Property During Marriage

 A person may voluntarily execute an antenuptial agreement, or he or she may at any time during the marriage, either indirectly through trustees or directly to his or her spouse, convey any property to which he or she has title, subject to the rights of prior purchasers or creditors without notice.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 1725; Code 1868, § 1766; Code 1873, § 1776; Code 1882, § 1776; Civil Code 1895, § 2481; Civil Code 1910, § 3000; Code 1933, § 53-404; Ga. L. 2018, p. 155, § 1-1/HB 190.)    The 2018 amendment,  effective July 1, 2018, in this Code section, substituted "person may voluntarily execute an antenuptial agreement," for "spouse may voluntarily execute an agreement described in Code Section 19-3-62", twice inserted "or she", and inserted "or her".   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 41 C.J.S., Husband and Wife, §§ 144, 145.   ALR.    - Conveyance of interest in community property by one spouse to other, 37 A.L.R. 282.   Action for tortious interference with bequest as precluded by will contest remedy, 18 A.L.R.5th 211.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Property of bankruptcy estate.   - Since the Chapter 7 debtor pre-petition executed a deed conveying the debtor's interest in property to the debtor's spouse as part of the parties' settlement agreement before a divorce proceeding was filed, the debtor had no interest in the property on the bankruptcy petition date because the property was transferred pursuant to the deed and not pursuant to the settlement agreement. In re Randolph, 546 Bankr. 474 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 2016).   Trial court did not abuse discretion in setting aside agreement.    - Because the evidence supported a finding that one spouse failed to make a full and fair disclosure of assets, income, and liabilities to the other spouse prior to the execution of an antenuptial agreement, hiding specific facts of the spouse's true financial status, the trial court did not abuse the court's discretion in setting the agreement aside. Blige v. Blige, 283 Ga. 65, 656 S.E.2d 822 (2008).
GA Code § 19-3-65 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage Generally|Article 3 - Antenuptial Agreements, Marriage Contracts, and Postnuptial Settlements|§ 19-3-65. Powers of Superior Court Judge in Appointing and Removing Trustees and Protecting Trust Estate

 Subject to Code Sections 15-9-127, 23-1-4, and 53-12-6, the judge of the superior court of the county of a spouse's domicile may at any time, upon petition, exercise equitable powers in appointing, removing, or substituting trustees or in granting any order for the protection of the trust estate, exercising a wise discretion as to the terms on which the appointment shall be made or on which the order shall be granted.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 1729; Code 1868, § 1770; Code 1873, § 1780; Code 1882, § 1780; Civil Code 1895, § 2485; Civil Code 1910, § 3004; Code 1933, § 53-405; Ga. L. 2018, p. 155, § 1-1/HB 190; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 2-23/HB 865.)    The 2018 amendment,  effective July 1, 2018, deleted the former second sentence, which read: "The proceeding in each case shall be transmitted to the clerk of the superior court, to be recorded in the book of the minutes of the court."    The 2020 amendment,  effective January 1, 2021, substituted "Subject to Code Sections 15-9-127, 23-1-4, and 53-12-6, the" for "The" at the beginning of the Code section.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Resignation or removal of executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee, before final administration or before termination of trust, as affecting his compensation, 96 A.L.R.3d 1102.
GA Code § 19-3-67 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage Generally|Article 3 - Antenuptial Agreements, Marriage Contracts, and Postnuptial Settlements|§ 19-3-67. Recordation of Marriage Contracts and Voluntary Settlements; Effect of Failure to Record

 Repealed by Ga. L. 2018, p. 155, § 1-1/HB 190, effective July 1, 2018.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Laws 1847, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 180; Code 1863, § 1727; Code 1868, § 1768; Code 1873, § 1778; Code 1882, § 1778; Civil Code 1895, § 2483; Civil Code 1910, § 3002; Code 1933, § 53-408.
GA Code § 19-3-68 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage Generally|Article 3 - Antenuptial Agreements, Marriage Contracts, and Postnuptial Settlements|§ 19-3-68. Application for Order Compelling Recordation; Effect of Application; Liability of Trustee Refusing to Record

 Repealed by Ga. L. 2018, p. 155, § 1-1/HB 190, effective July 1, 2018.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Orig. Code 1863, § 1728; Code 1868, § 1769; Code 1873, § 1779; Code 1882, § 1779; Civil Code 1895, § 2484; Civil Code 1910, § 3003; Code 1933, § 53-409.
GA Code § 19-6-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Alimony and Child Support|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 19-6-2. Attorney's Fees; When and How Granted; Enforcement

  The grant of attorney's fees as a part of the expenses of litigation, made at any time during the pendency of the litigation, whether the action is for alimony, divorce and alimony, or contempt of court arising out of either an alimony case or a divorce and alimony case, including but not limited to contempt of court orders involving property division, child custody, and child visitation rights, shall be:   Within the sound discretion of the court, except that the court shall consider the financial circumstances of both parties as a part of its determination of the amount of attorney's fees, if any, to be allowed against either party; and   A final judgment as to the amount granted, whether the grant is in full or on account, which may be enforced by attachment for contempt of court or by writ of fieri facias, whether the parties subsequently reconcile or not.     Nothing contained in this Code section shall be construed to mean that attorney's fees shall not be awarded at both the temporary hearing and the final hearing.   An attorney may bring an action in his own name to enforce a grant of attorney's fees made to him pursuant to this Code section.    (Code 1933, § 30-202.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1967, p. 591, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1017, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 312, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 466, § 8; Ga. L. 1985, p. 877, § 1.)   Law reviews.   - For article, "Attorney's Fees in Alimony and Divorce Cases," see 19 Ga. B.J. 23 (1956). For survey of Georgia cases dealing with domestic relations from June 1977 through May 1978, see 30 Mercer L. Rev. 59 (1978). For survey article on domestic relations, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 113 (1982). For article, "Domestic Relations Law," see 53 Mercer L. Rev. 265 (2001). For annual survey of domestic relations law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 221 (2004). For annual survey of domestic relations law, see 58 Mercer L. Rev. 133 (2006). For survey article on domestic relations law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 139 (2007). For survey article on domestic relations law, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 121 (2008). For annual survey on domestic relations, see 65 Mercer L. Rev. 107 (2013). For annual survey on domestic relations, see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 83 (2017). For annual survey on domestic relations, see 71 Mercer L. Rev. 83 (2019).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   ANALYSIS    General Consideration   Attorney's Fees   Contempt
GA Code § 19-6-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Alimony and Child Support|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 19-6-6. Liability After Grant of Alimony

  When permanent alimony is granted, the party liable for alimony shall cease to be liable for any debt or contract of the former spouse of the liable party.   Upon the grant of permanent alimony, the property of the liable party set apart for the support of the former spouse shall not be subject to the liable party's debts or contracts as long as the former spouse of the liable party shall live.    (Orig. Code 1863, § 1697; Code 1868, § 1740; Code 1873, § 1750; Code 1882, § 1750; Civil Code 1895, § 2470; Civil Code 1910, § 2989; Code 1933, § 30-216; Ga. L. 1979, p. 466, § 20.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Garnishment or attachment of property to enforce order or decree for alimony or allowance in suit for divorce or separation, 56 A.L.R. 841.    Right of wife or child by virtue of right to support to maintain action to set aside conveyance by husband or parent as fraudulent, without reducing claim to judgment, 164 A.L.R. 524.
GA Code § 19-6-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Alimony and Child Support|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 19-6-9. Voluntary Separation, Abandonment, or Driving Off of Spouse - Equity May Compel Support

 Absent the making of a voluntary contract or other agreement, as provided in Code Section 19-6-8, and on the application of a party, the court, exercising its equitable powers, may compel the spouse of the party to make provision for the support of the party and such minor children as may be in the custody of the party.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 1695; Code 1868, § 1738; Code 1873, § 1746; Code 1882, § 1746; Civil Code 1895, § 2466; Civil Code 1910, § 2985; Code 1933, § 30-212; Ga. L. 1979, p. 466, § 17.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Garnishment or attachment of property to enforce order or decree for alimony or allowance in suit for divorce or separation, 56 A.L.R. 841.    Divorced wife's failure to comply with order or decree as affecting her right to enforce provision for alimony, 88 A.L.R. 199.    Decree for alimony rendered in another state or foreign country as subject to enforcement by equitable remedies or by contempt proceedings, 97 A.L.R. 1197; 18 A.L.R.2d 862.    Jurisdiction of equity courts in the United States, without the aid of statute expressly conferring it, to entertain independent suit for alimony or separate maintenance without divorce or judicial separation, 141 A.L.R. 399.   Court's establishment of trust to secure alimony or child support in divorce proceedings, 3 A.L.R.3d 1170.   Power of court which denied divorce, legal separation, or annulment, to award custody or make provisions for support of child, 7 A.L.R.3d 1096.   Father's liability for support of child furnished after divorce decree which awarded custody to mother but made no provision for support, 91 A.L.R.3d 530.   Validity and enforceability of escalation clause in divorce decree relating to alimony and child support, 19 A.L.R.4th 830.   Separation agreements: enforceability of provision affecting property rights upon death of one party prior to final judgment of divorce, 67 A.L.R.4th 237.   Divorce: court's authority to institute or increase spousal support award after discharge of prior property award in bankruptcy, 87 A.L.R.4th 353.
GA Code § 19-6-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Alimony and Child Support|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 19-6-11. Voluntary Separation, Abandonment, or Driving Off of Spouse - Petition for Alimony or Child Support When No Divorce Pending - Appeals

 A judgment of the superior court in a case brought under Code Section 19-6-10 shall be appealable on the same terms as are prescribed in divorce cases.   (Ga. L. 1870, p. 413, § 5; Code 1873, § 1748; Code 1882, § 1748; Civil Code 1895, § 2468; Civil Code 1910, § 2987; Code 1933, § 30-214; Ga. L. 1946, p. 726, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 24A Am. Jur. 2d, Divorce and Separation, § 750.   C.J.S.   - 27B C.J.S., Divorce, § 500 et seq.   ALR.   - Remarriage as affecting right to appeal from divorce decree, 29 A.L.R.3d 1167.   Spouse's acceptance of payments under alimony or property settlement or child support provisions of divorce judgment as precluding appeal therefrom, 29 A.L.R.3d 1184.