2020 Georgia Code
Title 19 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 4 - Annulment of Marriage
§ 19-4-4. Procedure
All matters of service, jurisdiction, procedure, residence, pleading, and practice for obtaining an annulment of marriage shall be the same as those provided by law for obtaining a divorce, with the exception that a decree of annulment may be ordered at any time, in open court or in chambers, when personal service is had at least 30 days beforehand and no contest or answer is filed.
(Ga. L. 1952, p. 149, § 4.)
Law reviews.- For article analyzing jurisdictional problems in annulment actions, and comparing state statutes, see 10 J. of Pub. L. 47 (1961).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 4 Am. Jur. 2d, Annulment of Marriage, § 47 et seq.
C.J.S.- 55 C.J.S., Marriage, § 57 et seq.
ALR.
- Jurisdiction, as between different states, of suit to annul marriage, 128 A.L.R. 61.
Necessity and sufficiency of corroboration of plaintiff's testimony concerning ground for annulment of marriage, 71 A.L.R.2d 620.