--- title: Title 19, Chapter 3. Marriage Generally collection: code id: code:chapter:19-3 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/19/chapter/3 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3.md date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-2.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-4.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: MARRIAGE GENERALLY title_heading: DOMESTIC RELATIONS section_count: 43 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3.md?full=1 --- # Title 19, Chapter 3. Marriage Generally Title 19. Domestic Relations 43 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 19-3-1, Prerequisites to valid marriage, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-1.md - 19-3-1.1, Common-law marriage; effectiveness, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-1.1.md - 19-3-2, Who may contract marriage; emancipation requirement; minimum age for marriage, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-2.md - 19-3-3, Degrees of relationship within which intermarriage prohibited; penalty; effect of prohibited marriage, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-3.md - 19-3-3.1, Marriages between persons of same sex prohibited; marriages not recognized, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-3.1.md - 19-3-4, Nature of consent required, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-4.md - 19-3-5, What marriages void; legitimacy of issue; effect of later ratification, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-5.md - 19-3-6, Effect of restraints on marriage; when valid, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-6.md - 19-3-7, Contracts attempting to force marriage void, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-7.md - 19-3-8, Interspousal tort immunity continued, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-8.md - 19-3-9, Each spouse’s property separate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-9.md - 19-3-10, Right of married persons to contract; presumptions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-10.md - 19-3-30, Issuance, return, and recording of license, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-30.md - 19-3-30.1, Premarital education; fees; special requirements if marriage applicant is 17 years old, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-30.1.md - 19-3-31, Issuance of licenses at satellite courthouses in certain counties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-31.md - 19-3-32, Penalty for improper issuance of license, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-32.md - 19-3-33, Application for marriage license; contents; supplement marriage report, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-33.md - 19-3-33.1, Use of surname in application for marriage license, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-33.1.md - 19-3-34, Marriage application to be filed; use as evidence; transmission to the state registrar, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-34.md - 19-3-35, Issuance of license to applicants otherwise eligible, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-35.md - 19-3-35.1, AIDS brochures; listing of HIV test sites; acknowledgment of receipt, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-35.1.md - 19-3-36, Proof of age of applicants, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-36.md - 19-3-37, Parental consent to marriage of underage applicants; when necessary; how obtained, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-37.md - 19-3-38, Notification of parents of underage applicants; additional fee, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-38.md - 19-3-39, Certification and recordation of marriage after publication of banns, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-39.md - 19-3-40, Blood test for sickle cell disease; information to be provided, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-40.md - 19-3-41, Department of Public Health marriage manual; distribution; rules and regulations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-41.md - 19-3-41.1, Fact sheet for distribution by premarital education providers; requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-41.1.md - 19-3-42, Effect on marriage due to the lack of authority in person officiating, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-42.md - 19-3-43, Marriage in another state; effect in this state, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-43.md - 19-3-44, Return of license to parties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-44.md - 19-3-45, Actions for improper issuance of marriage license; attorney’s fee and court costs; disposition of balance of recovery, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-45.md - 19-3-46, Forfeiture for officiating at marriage without license or banns, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-46.md - 19-3-47, Penalty for filing false information in application for license, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-47.md - 19-3-48, Penalty for officiating at illegal marriage ceremony, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-48.md - 19-3-49, Acceptance by judges of tips, consideration, or gratuities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-49.md - 19-3-60, Definition; marriage as valuable consideration, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-60.md - 19-3-61, Effect of minority of party, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-61.md - 19-3-62, Requirements and construction of antenuptial agreements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-62.md - 19-3-63, Construction of marriage contract; attestation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-63.md - 19-3-64, Voluntary execution of antenuptial agreement; conveyance of property during marriage, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-64.md - 19-3-65, Powers of superior court judge in appointing and removing trustees and protecting trust estate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-65.md - 19-3-66, Enforcement of marriage contracts, postnuptial settlements, and antenuptial agreements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-3-66.md