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2018 Georgia Code 50-1-8 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 50-1-8 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 50-1-8

TITLE 50 STATE GOVERNMENT

Section 1. General Provisions, 50-1-1 through 50-1-43.

50-1-8. Election to contractually provide to unmarried persons benefits, rights, or privileges provided to married persons.

  1. It is the policy of this state that any organization or person in this state may elect to, or elect not to, contractually provide to unmarried persons one or more benefits, rights, or privileges in the same manner that such organization or person contractually provides benefits, rights, or privileges to married persons.
  2. State and local government shall not impose any penalty on or withhold any benefits, rights, or privileges from any organization or person on the basis of such organization's or person's election to or election not to contractually or otherwise provide to unmarried persons one or more benefits, rights, or privileges in the same manner that such organization or person contractually or otherwise provides benefits, rights, or privileges to married persons.
  3. Subsection (b) of this Code section shall apply to the state and any political subdivision of the state and to any department, agency, authority, commission, or other entity of the state or any political subdivision of the state.
  4. As used in this Code section, the term "organization" includes but is not limited to any corporation, association, nonprofit organization, limited liability company, partnership, group, authority, or other entity, including any political subdivision of this state.

(Code 1981, §50-1-8, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 452, § 1/HB 67.)

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- For article on 2005 enactment of this Code section, see 22 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 205 (2005).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 50-1-8

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State v. Cash, 302 Ga. 587 (Ga. 2017).

Cited 14 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 30, 2017 | 807 S.E.2d 405

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Sternbergh v. McClure, 122 S.E.2d 217 (Ga. 1961).

Cited 12 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 5, 1961 | 217 Ga. 278

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Empire Land Co., Inc. v. Stokes, 95 S.E.2d 283 (Ga. 1956).

Cited 8 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Nov 14, 1956 | 212 Ga. 707

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Screven Cnty. v. Reddy, 69 S.E.2d 186 (Ga. 1952).

Cited 8 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 13, 1952 | 208 Ga. 730

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Stolaman v. Stolaman, 142 S.E.2d 70 (Ga. 1965).

Cited 6 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Apr 8, 1965 | 220 Ga. 799