24-14-2. Change of burden in discretion of court.

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What amount of evidence will change the onus or burden of proof shall be a question to be decided in each case by the sound discretion of the court.

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

Code 1981, § 24-14-2, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.

Law reviews

For note discussing shifting burden of persuasion in will contests involving undue influence in Georgia, see 22 Ga. B.J. 555 (1960). For note, “Georgia’s Approach to Pro-portionality and Sanctions for the Spoliation of Electronically Stored Information,” see 37 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 603 (2021).

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