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Correcting a Mistake in a Georgia Divorce Decree
A Georgia judge can fix a clerical mistake in a decree at any time, but cannot use that power to change what the decree decided.
Read MoreDue Process at a Georgia Divorce Trial
Due process at trial means notice of the hearing that actually happens and a chance to defend the claim the judge actually decides.
Read MoreFindings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in a Georgia Divorce
A Georgia judge deciding your divorce without a jury only has to explain the reasoning if a party asks in time.
Read MoreGetting Your Maiden Name Back in a Georgia Divorce
Georgia restores a maiden or prior name in the divorce decree itself if you ask for it in your pleadings, and a 2024 law added a way to ask afterward.
Read MoreNunc Pro Tunc Orders in a Georgia Divorce
A nunc pro tunc order backdates something the court already did. It cannot backdate something the court never did.
Read MoreProperty Your Georgia Divorce Decree Does Not Mention
Property a decree does not specifically describe is not divided by it. It stays titled exactly as it was before the divorce.
Read MoreWhat the Judge Said in Court Versus What the Order Says
In Georgia the written judgment controls. A trial court's oral pronouncement is not a judgment at all until it is reduced to writing and entered.
Read MoreWhen a Georgia Divorce Verdict Contradicts Itself
A divorce verdict has to hang together. Two findings that cannot both be true will be set aside, but only if the verdict cannot be read sensibly.
Read MoreWhen Is a Georgia Divorce Decree Final?
A decree is final once it is signed and filed, unless it leaves an issue for the judge to decide later -- and the title on the front page does not settle it.
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