44-6-68. Validity of limitations over upon marriage of widow.

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Limitations over upon the marriage of a widow shall be valid unless such limitations are manifestly intended to operate as a restraint upon the free action of such widow in respect to marriage and are not simply prudent provisions for the protection of the interest of children or others in such event, in which case such limitations are void.

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, § 2254; Code 1868, § 2246; Code 1873, § 2272; Code 1882, § 2272; Civil Code 1895, § 3108; Civil Code 1910, § 3684; Code 1933, § 85-712.

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For comment on Broach v. Hester, 217 Ga. 59, 121 S.E.2d 111 (1961), see 14 Mercer L. Rev. 471 (1963).

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