2021 Georgia Code
Title 19 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 4 - Annulment of Marriage
§ 19-4-5. Effect of Annulment
A decree of annulment, when rendered, shall have the effect of a total divorce between the parties of a void marriage and shall return the parties thereto to their original status before marriage. However, a decree of annulment shall not operate to relieve the parties to a marriage of criminal charges or responsibilities occasioned by the marriage.
(Ga. L. 1952, p. 149, § 5.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 4 Am. Jur. 2d, Annulment of Marriage, §§ 1, 77 et seq.
C.J.S.- 55 C.J.S., Marriage, § 75.
ALR.
- Division of property upon annulment of marriage, 11 A.L.R. 1394.
Effect of annulment of marriage on rights arising out of acts of or transactions between parties during the marriage, 2 A.L.R.2d 637.
Right to allowance of permanent alimony in connection with decree of annulment, 81 A.L.R.3d 281.
Prior institution of annulment proceedings or other attack on validity of one's marriage as barring or estopping one from entitlement to property rights as surviving spouse, 31 A.L.R.4th 1190.
