Court Opinion

ID: 9574396
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 21:04:40.105551+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:44:30.191001
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Hill, Justice,
dissenting.
In 1973, the General Assembly amended Code § 30-102 so as to add as ground for divorce that "The marriage is irretrievably broken.” Ga. L. 1973, p. 557. In *236Friedman v. Friedman, 233 Ga. 254, 256 (210 SE2d 754), this court recognized that the public policy of this state was changed by the adoption of that statute. In Friedman, the court stated that Reynolds v. Reynolds, 217 Ga. 234 (123 SE2d 115), will no longer be followed. In Reynolds, 217 Ga. p. 248, it was stated that the policy of the state since the adoption of the Constitution of 1798 has been to hinder facility in the procurement of divorces.
In my view, this court’s decision in Friedman, supra, can only mean that it is no longer state policy to hinder facility in the procurement of divorces. Therefore, in my view the public policy enunciated in Funderburk v. Funderburk and Beverly v. Beverly, relied upon by the majority, should no longer be followed and an agreement facilitating the grant of a divorce should no longer be declared void as against public policy.
I therefore respectfully dissent.
I am authorized to state that Justice Gunter and Justice Hall join in this dissent.