19-5-13. Disposition of property in accordance with verdict.

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The verdict of the jury disposing of the property in a divorce case shall be carried into effect by the court by entering such judgment or decree or taking such other steps as are usual in the exercise of the court’s equitable powers to execute effectually and fully the jury’s verdict.

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, § 1680; Code 1868, § 1723; Code 1873, § 1724; Code 1882, § 1724; Civil Code 1895, § 2442; Civil Code 1910, § 2961; Code 1933, § 30-118.

Cross references

Identification of spouses’ separate property, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. XXVII and § 19-3-9.

Law reviews

For article surveying developments in Georgia domestic relations law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 109 (1981). For note, “Georgia Becomes A Quasi Community Property State,” see 17 Ga. St. B.J. 134 (1981). For survey article on wills, trusts, and administration of estates, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 323 (1982). For comment, “The Georgia Supreme Court’s Creation of an Equitable Interest in Marital Property — Yours? Mine? Ours!,” see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 449 (1982). For note, “The Significance of Stokes v. Stokes: An Examination of Property Rights Upon Divorce in Georgia,” see 16 Ga. L. Rev. 695 (1982). For annual survey of domestic relations law, see 35 Mercer L. Rev. 127 (1983). For article, “Tax Aspects of Divorce and Separation and the Innocent Spouse Rules,” see 3 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 201 (1987). For article, “The Civil Jurisdiction of State and Magistrate Courts,” see 24 Ga. St. B. J. 29 (1987).

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