Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 19-6-8. Voluntary Separation, Abandonment, or Driving Off of Spouse — Agreement for Support as Bar to Alimony

In cases of voluntary separation or in cases where one spouse, against the will of that spouse, is abandoned or driven off by the other spouse, a party voluntarily, by contract or other written agreement made with his spouse, may make an adequate provision for the support and maintenance of such spouse, consistent with the means of the party and the former circumstances of the spouse. Such an agreement shall be a bar to the right of the spouse to permanent alimony.
History. Orig. Code 1863, § 1694; Code 1868, § 1737; Code 1873, § 1745; Code 1882, § 1745; Civil Code 1895, § 2465; Civil Code 1910, § 2984; Code 1933, § 30-211; Ga. L. 1979, p. 466, § 16.
Law reviews.
For article, “Conflict of Laws Between Community Property and Common Law States in Division of Marital-Property on Divorce,” see 12 Mercer L. Rev. 287 (1961).
For note, “The Impact of the Revolution in Georgia’s Divorce Law on Antenuptial Agreements,” see 11 Ga. L. Rev. 406 (1977).

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