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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 13. CONTRACTS · Chapter 3. ELEMENTS AND FORMATION GENERALLY · Article 2. CAPACITY OF PARTIES

13-3-22. Minors — Marriage contracts and settlements.

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  1. Marriage contracts and settlements made by persons who are minors but of lawful age to marry are binding as if made by adults.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2696; Code 1868, § 2692; Code 1873, § 2734; Code 1882, § 2734; Civil Code 1895, § 3651; Civil Code 1910, § 4236; Code 1933, § 20-204.

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).

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Text read from t13-(v11)-2010-pdf.pdf, Volume V11, 2010 edition, page 180; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 18573afb153d.