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Title 13. CONTRACTS · Chapter 4. MODIFICATION, EXTINGUISHMENT, AND RENEWAL · Article 5. RELEASE

13-4-82. Intermarriage of parties.

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  1. Intermarriage of the parties generally releases a debt created prior to marriage. However, intermarriage of the parties shall not release a debt arising from an antenuptial agreement, as such term is defined in Code Section 19-3-60.

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, § 2804; Code 1868, § 2812; Code 1873, § 2863; Code 1882, § 2863; Civil Code 1895, § 3716; Civil Code 1910, § 4310; Code 1933, § 20-911; Ga. L. 2018, p. 155, § 2-1/HB 190.

Amendments

The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, in the second sentence, substituted “parties shall” for “parties does” in the middle and substituted “agreement, as such term is defined in Code Section 19-3-60” for “contract” at the end.

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Text read from t13-(v11)-pdf.pdf, Volume V11, 2010 edition, 2025 supplement, page 67; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 6acfbda3d9fa.