Other Grounds
Other statutory grounds for divorce in Georgia including habitual intoxication, mental illness, impotency, force, fraud, and more.
Marrying a Relative as Grounds for Divorce in Georgia
Marriage within Georgia's prohibited degrees of kinship is a ground for divorce, and the marriage is void from the day it was performed.
Read MoreMental Incapacity at the Time of Marriage as Grounds for Divorce in Georgia
Georgia allows a divorce where a spouse lacked the mental capacity to contract the marriage, but only if the incapacity existed on the wedding day.
Read MoreSupport After a Divorce for Incurable Mental Illness in Georgia
A Georgia divorce granted for a spouse's incurable mental illness does not end the duty to support that spouse.
Read MoreWhat Are Duress and Menace in a Georgia Divorce?
Georgia defines duress as conduct that overpowers the will, and menace as a threat short of an actual assault, when a marriage is obtained by pressure.
Read MoreWhat Georgia Requires to Get a Divorce for Incurable Mental Illness
OCGA 19-5-3(11) sets out adjudication, confinement, medical certification, and notice requirements, and all of them must be met.
Read MoreWhat Is a Crime Involving Moral Turpitude in Georgia?
Georgia defines moral turpitude as anything done contrary to justice, honesty, modesty, or good morals, and the definition comes from a divorce case.
Read MoreWife Pregnant by Another Man as Grounds for Divorce in Georgia
Georgia allows a divorce where the wife was pregnant by another man at the time of the marriage and the husband did not know it.
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