Court Opinion

ID: 9846818
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 03:48:55.106197+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:19:50.562318
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Marshall, Justice,
concurring in the judgment only.
The concept of community property having been introduced into Georgia law by judicial fiat in Stokes, it now becomes necessary *30for us to (in effect) enact implementing legislation. In the present case, we hold that only property and assets acquired during the marriage are subject to equitable property division under Stokes. I agree that this limitation on Stokes is necessary so as not to give intolerable overbreadth to that already overly broad decision. However, the decision that we reach today is so patently legislative in nature that I must concur in the judgment only.