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O.C.G.A. § 19-6-6 — Liability after grant of alimony | Georgia Code
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TITLE 19 DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Section 6. Alimony and Child Support, 19-6-1 through 19-6-53.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

19-6-6. Liability after grant of alimony.

  1. When permanent alimony is granted, the party liable for alimony shall cease to be liable for any debt or contract of the former spouse of the liable party.
  2. Upon the grant of permanent alimony, the property of the liable party set apart for the support of the former spouse shall not be subject to the liable party's debts or contracts as long as the former spouse of the liable party shall live.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 1697; Code 1868, § 1740; Code 1873, § 1750; Code 1882, § 1750; Civil Code 1895, § 2470; Civil Code 1910, § 2989; Code 1933, § 30-216; Ga. L. 1979, p. 466, § 20.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Garnishment or attachment of property to enforce order or decree for alimony or allowance in suit for divorce or separation, 56 A.L.R. 841.

Right of wife or child by virtue of right to support to maintain action to set aside conveyance by husband or parent as fraudulent, without reducing claim to judgment, 164 A.L.R. 524.

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