Georgia Code
Chapter 5 - Divorce
§ 19-5-1. Total Divorces Authorized; Trial; Referral for Alternative Dispute Resolution

History. Orig. Code 1863, § 1669; Ga. L. 1866, p. 21, § 1; Code 1868, § 1710; Code 1873, § 1711; Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 65, § 2; Code 1882, § 1711; Civil Code 1895, § 2425; Civil Code 1910, § 2944; Code 1933, § 30-101; Ga. L. 1946, p. 90, § 1; Ga. L. 1956, p. 405, § 1; Ga. L. 1960, p. 1023, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1292, § 13; Ga. L. 2007, p. 554, § 7/HB 369; Ga. L. 2016, p. 864, § 19/HB 737.
The 2016 amendment, effective May 3, 2016, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, deleted “; provided, however, that the parties shall comply with Code Section 19-5-1.1 if it is applicable” at the end of the first sentence of subsection (a).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2007, p. 554, § 1/HB 369, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “The General Assembly of Georgia declares that it is the policy of this state to assure that minor children have frequent and continuing contact with parents who have shown the ability to act in the best interests of their children and to encourage parents to share in the rights and responsibilities of rearing their children after the parents have separated or dissolved their marriage or relationship.”
Ga. L. 2007, p. 554, § 8/HB 369, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the 2007 amendment to subsection (a) shall apply to all child custody proceedings and modifications of child custody filed on or after January 1, 2008.
Law reviews.
For article, “The Divorce Act of 1946,” see 9 Ga. B.J. 287 (1947).
For article advocating the adoption of a Uniform Divorce Bill, see 16 Ga. B.J. 41 (1953).
For note discussing problems with venue in Georgia, and proposing statutory revisions to improve the resolution of venue questions, see 9 Ga. St. B.J. 254 (1972).
For note, “The Economics of Divorce of Georgia: Toward a Partnership Model of Marriage,” see 12 Ga. L. Rev. 640 (1978).
For annual survey of domestic relations law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 221 (2004).
For article, “Conflict of Laws Structure and Vision: Updating a Venerable Discipline,” see 31 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 231 (2015).

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