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title: O.C.G.A. § 19-5-17. Determination of parties’ rights; preventing remarriage forbidden.
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# O.C.G.A. § 19-5-17. Determination of parties’ rights; preventing remarriage forbidden.

When a divorce is granted, the jury or the judge, as the case may be, shall determine the rights of the parties. No person shall be placed under a disability that would prevent remarriage.

## History

Code 1868, § 1726; Code 1873, § 1727; Code 1882, § 1727; Civil Code 1895, § 2445; Civil Code 1910, § 2964; Code 1933, § 30-122; Ga. L. 1946, p. 90, § 12; Ga. L. 1960, p. 1024, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 466, § 5.