O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 19-4-4 (2019)

Procedure

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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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.

History

Ga. L. 1952, p. 149, § 4.

Annotations

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.