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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 19. DOMESTIC RELATIONS · Chapter 3. MARRIAGE GENERALLY · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

19-3-1. Prerequisites to valid marriage.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. To constitute a valid marriage in this state there must be:

  2. (1)

    Parties able to contract;#

  3. (2)

    An actual contract; and#

  4. (3)

    Consummation according to law.#

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, § 1653; Code 1868, § 1697; Code 1873, § 1698; Code 1882, § 1698; Civil Code 1895, § 2411; Civil Code 1910, § 2930; Code 1933, § 53-101.

Law reviews

For article discussing changes in and case application of statutes concerning marriage, divorce, and custody law in 1976 to 1977, see 29 Mercer L. Rev. 103 (1977). For article, “Georgia Inheritance Rights of Children Born Out of Wedlock,” see 23 Ga. St. B.J. 28 (1986). For article, “A Holy Secular Institution,” see 58 Emory L.J. 1123 (2009). For article, “Speech or Conduct? The Free Speech Claim of Wedding Vendors,” see 65 Emory L.J. 241 (2015).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

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