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Código Oficial de Georgia Anotado

Título 19. DOMESTIC RELATIONS · Capítulo 5. DIVORCE

19-5-5. Petition; contents and verification; demand for detailed statement.

Vigente

Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

  1. (a)

    The action for divorce shall be brought by written petition and process, the petition being verified by the petitioner.#

  2. (b)

    The petition shall show:#

    1. (1)

      The residence or last known address of the respondent;#

    2. (2)

      That the applicant meets the residence requirements for bringing an action for divorce or that the applicant is bringing a counterclaim and is not required to meet the residence requirements;#

    3. (3)

      The date of the marriage and the date of the separation;#

    4. (4)

      Whether or not there are any minor children of the parties and the name and age of each minor child;#

    5. (5)

      The statutory ground upon which a divorce is sought; and#

    6. (6)

      Where alimony or support or division of property is involved, the property and earnings of the parties, if such is known.#

  3. (c)

    The respondent, at any time before trial, may file with the court a written demand for a detailed statement of the facts on which the grounds in the petition are predicated. The respondent shall cause a copy of the demand to be served upon the petitioner or upon the petitioner’s counsel of record and the facts demanded shall be added to the petition in the form of an amendment thereto.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Laws 1802, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 223; Code 1863, § 1675; Code 1868, § 1716; Code 1873, § 1717; Code 1882, § 1717; Civil Code 1895, § 2432; Civil Code 1910, § 2951; Code 1933, § 30-105; Ga. L. 1946, p. 90, § 4; Ga. L. 1967, p. 761, § 1.

Cross references

Time of trial in divorce cases, § 9-11-40.

Law reviews

For article surveying developments in Georgia domestic relations law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 109 (1981). For survey article on wills, trusts, and administration of estates, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 323 (1982). For note, “The Significance of Stokes v. Stokes: An Examination of Property Rights Upon Divorce in Georgia,” see 16 Ga. L. Rev. 695 (1982).

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t18-t19-(v16)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volumen V16, edición 2022, página 394; acción de fusión: annotated; SHA-256 del archivo eddc877da9f2.