13-3-44. Effect of promise which is reasonably expected to induce action or forbearance by promisee or third person; requirement as to proof of reliance in cases of charitable subscriptions or marriage settlements.

Code 1933, § 20-302.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 876, § 2.

For article discussing the anachronistic nature of the Georgia Contracts Code as dramatized by comparing the doctrine of consideration as it is formulated in the Restatements of Contracts and in Code 1933, Title 20 (now this title), and the interpretative approach Georgia courts have taken in dealing with such Code, see 13 Ga. L. Rev. 499 (1979). (But see amendments by Ga. L. 1981, p. 876.) For article surveying developments in Georgia real property law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 219 (1981). For note, ‘‘Promissory Estoppel in Georgia,’’ see 2 Mercer L. Rev. 405 (1951). For note, ‘‘Contingency Financing Clauses in Real Estate Sales Contracts in Georgia,’’ see 8 Ga. L. Rev. 186 (1973).