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O.C.G.A. § 19-3-1

Prerequisites to valid marriage

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Richardson v. Richardson (2014)

Most recently applied in Richardson v. Richardson (February 2014)

Orig

To constitute a valid marriage in this state there must be:

(1) Parties able to contract; (2) An actual contract; and

(3) Consummation according to law.

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.