Georgia Code
Chapter 5 - Divorce
§ 19-5-3. Grounds for Total Divorce

The following grounds shall be sufficient to authorize the granting of a total divorce:
History. Laws 1850, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 226; Code 1863, § 1670; Code 1868, § 1711; Code 1873, § 1712; Code 1882, § 1712; Civil Code 1895, § 2426; Civil Code 1910, § 2945; Code 1933, § 30-102; Ga. L. 1946, p. 90, § 2; Ga. L. 1951, p. 744, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, p. 600, § 1; Ga. L. 1963, p. 288, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, p. 361, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 557, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 1253, § 3; 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, added “or” at the end of paragraph (12).
Cross references.
Criminal penalty for adultery, § 16-6-19 .
Rights and privileges of persons hospitalized for mental illness generally, § 37-3-140 et seq.
Law reviews.
For article discussing the irretrievably broken marriage as a ground for divorce, see 10 Ga. St. B.J. 9 (1973).
For note, “The Impact of the Revolution in Georgia’s Divorce Law on Antenuptial Agreements,” see 11 Ga. L. Rev. 406 (1977).
For article surveying Georgia cases dealing with domestic relations from June 1977 through May 1978, see 30 Mercer L. Rev. 59 (1978).

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