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# O.C.G.A. § 19-4-1. When annulments may be granted.

Annulments of marriages declared void by law may be granted by the superior court, except that annulments may not be granted in instances where children are born or are to be born as a result of the marriage.

## History

Ga. L. 1952, p. 149, § 1.

## Law Reviews

For article, “Annulment of Marriage in Georgia,” see 5 Ga. B.J. 22 (1942).

For comment on Wallace v. Wallace, 221 Ga. 510, 145 S.E.2d 546 (1965), see 3 Ga. St. B.J. 219 (1966).

For comment which compares this section with § 19-3-2, see 21 Mercer L. Rev. 465 (1970).

For note, “Annulment in Georgia: A Product of Judicial Restraint and Legislative Confusion,” see 14 Ga. L. Rev. 81 (1979).