Georgia Code, Title 19, Chapter 5 - Divorce

• § 19-5-1 - Total Divorces Authorized; How Tried; Referral for Alternative Dispute Resolution
  (a) Total divorces may be granted in proper cases by the superior court; provided, however, that the parties shall comply with Code Section 19-5-1.1...
• § 19-5-2 - Residence Requirements; Venue
  No court shall grant a divorce to any person who has not been a bona fide resident of this state for six months before...
• § 19-5-3 - Grounds for Total Divorce
  The following grounds shall be sufficient to authorize the granting of a total divorce: (1) Intermarriage by persons within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity...
• § 19-5-4 - Effect of Collusion, Consent, Guilt of Like Conduct, or Condonation
  (a) No divorce shall be granted under the following circumstances: (1) The adultery, desertion, cruel treatment, or intoxication complained of was occasioned by the...
• § 19-5-5 - Petition; Contents and Verification; Demand for Detailed Statement
  (a) The action for divorce shall be brought by written petition and process, the petition being verified by the petitioner.(b) The petition shall show:...
• § 19-5-6 - Grant of Divorce to Respondent Without Necessity of Counterclaim
  When a petition for divorce is filed, the respondent may recriminate in his answer and ask a divorce in his favor. If, at the...
• § 19-5-7 - Transfer of Property After Filing of Petition; Lis Pendens Notice
  After a petition for divorce has been filed, no transfer of property by either party, except a bona fide transfer in payment of preexisting...
• § 19-5-8 - Pleading and Practice
  The same rules of pleading and practice applicable to ordinary civil actions shall apply to actions for divorce, alimony, and custody of minor children,...
• § 19-5-9 - Incompetency to Serve As Juror
  A juror who has conscientious scruples as to the granting of divorces shall be incompetent to serve in divorce cases. At the request of...
• § 19-5-10 - Duty of Judge in Undefended Divorce Cases; Appointment of Attorney; Evidentiary Hearings; Evidentiary Attacks on Prior Judgments
  (a) In divorce cases which are not defended by the responding party, the judge shall determine that the asserted grounds for divorce are legal...
• § 19-5-11 - Use of Confession As Evidence; Corroboration
  The confessions of a party to acts of adultery or cruel treatment shall be received with great caution; if unsupported by corroborating circumstances and...
• § 19-5-12 - Form of Judgment and Decree
  (a) A final judgment of divorce shall be prepared so as to conform to the pleadings and the evidence and may restore a maiden...
• § 19-5-13 - Disposition of Property in Accordance With Verdict
  The verdict of the jury disposing of the property in a divorce case shall be carried into effect by the court by entering such...
• § 19-5-14 - New Trials
  New trials may be granted in actions for divorce as in other cases.
• § 19-5-15 - Effect of Divorce
  A total divorce annuls a marriage from the time of the rendition of the decree, unless the divorce is granted for a cause rendering...
• § 19-5-16 - Restoration of Maiden or Prior Name
  In all divorce actions, a party may pray in his pleadings for the restoration of a maiden or prior name. If a divorce is...
• § 19-5-17 - Determination of Parties' Rights; Disability Preventing Remarriage Forbidden
  When a divorce is granted, the jury or the judge, as the case may be, shall determine the rights of the parties. No person...

Last modified: October 14, 2016