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title: O.C.G.A. § 19-3-60. Definition; marriage as valuable consideration.
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# O.C.G.A. § 19-3-60. Definition; marriage as valuable consideration.

(a) As used in this article, the term “antenuptial agreement” means a contract entered into prior to a marriage that determines property rights or contemplates a future settlement to one spouse as to a future resolution of issues, including, but not limited to, year’s support, spousal support, and equitable division of property.

(b) Marriage is a valuable consideration; and a spouse stands, as to property of the other spouse settled upon a spouse by marriage contract, as do other purchasers for value, provided that by the contract a spouse shall not incapacitate himself or herself from paying his or her existing just debts.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 1731; Code 1868, § 1772; Code 1873, § 1782; Code 1882, § 1782; Civil Code 1895, § 2487; Civil Code 1910, § 3006; Code 1933, § 53-403; Ga. L. 2018, p. 155, § 1-1/HB 190.

## Cross References

Consideration generally, § 13-3-40 et seq.

## Law Reviews

For annual survey on domestic relations, see 70 Mercer L. Rev. 81 (2018).