Marriage is encouraged by the law. Every effort to restrain or discourage marriage by contract, condition, limitation, or otherwise shall be invalid and void, provided that prohibitions against marriage to a particular person or persons or before a certain reasonable age or other prudential provisions looking only to the interest of the person to be benefited and not in general restraint of marriage will be allowed and held valid.
History. Orig. Code 1863, § 1652; Code 1868, § 1696; Code 1873, § 1697; Code 1882, § 1697; Civil Code 1895, § 2410; Civil Code 1910, § 2929; Code 1933, § 53-107.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 3 - Marriage Generally
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 19-3-1. Prerequisites to Valid Marriage
§ 19-3-1.1. Common-Law Marriage; Effectiveness
§ 19-3-2. Who May Contract Marriage; Emancipation Requirement; Minimum Age for Marriage
§ 19-3-3.1. Marriages Between Persons of Same Sex Prohibited; Marriages Not Recognized
§ 19-3-4. Nature of Consent Required
§ 19-3-5. What Marriages Void; Legitimacy of Issue; Effect of Later Ratification
§ 19-3-6. Effect of Restraints on Marriage; When Valid
§ 19-3-7. Contracts Attempting to Force Marriage Void
§ 19-3-8. Interspousal Tort Immunity Continued
§ 19-3-9. Each Spouse’s Property Separate
§ 19-3-10. Right of Married Persons to Contract; Presumptions