| Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
| Chapter 2. DOMICILE |
| Chapter 3. MARRIAGE GENERALLY |
| Chapter 4. ANNULMENT OF MARRIAGE |
| Chapter 5. DIVORCE |
| Chapter 6. ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT |
| Chapter 7. PARENT AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP GENERALLY |
| Chapter 8. ADOPTION |
| Chapter 9. CHILD CUSTODY PROCEEDINGS |
| Chapter 10. ABANDONMENT OF SPOUSE OR CHILD |
| Chapter 10A. SAFE PLACE FOR NEWBORNS |
| Chapter 11. ENFORCEMENT OF DUTY OF SUPPORT |
| Chapter 12. CHANGE OF NAME |
| Chapter 13. FAMILY VIOLENCE |
| Chapter 14. CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT PREVENTION |
| Chapter 15. CHILD ABUSE |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 19 NOTE
CROSS REFERENCES. --Powers and duties of Department of Human Resources, county boards of health, and other agencies, regarding family-planning services, Ch. 7, T. 49.
EDITOR'S NOTES. --Ga. L. 1979, p. 466, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that no contract made or judgment, order, or decree rendered prior to April 4, 1979, should be overturned, modified, or disturbed by reason of the 1979 Act and that no such contract, judgment, order, or decree should be overturned, modified, or disturbed except to the extent absolutely required by the Constitution of this state or of the United States. The section also provides that nothing in the 1979 Act shall be construed to prohibit modification of judgments, decrees, or orders to the extent such modification is expressly authorized by statute, and that nothing in the Act shall be construed to authorize any court to entertain any claim of constitutional right which claim is barred because it was not timely raised in any previous judicial proceeding.
Section 49 of the 1979 Act provides that the Act shall govern all proceedings and actions brought after it takes effect and also all further proceedings in actions then pending.
The following sections were affected by the 1979 Act: O.C.G.A. §§ 19-3-9, 19-3-10, 19-5-7, 19-5-12, 19-5-17, 19-6-1, 19-6-2, 19-6-3, 19-6-4, 19-6-5, 19-6-6, 19-6-7, 19-6-8, 19-6-9, 19-6-10, 19-6-13, 19-6-14, 19-6-15, 19-6-16, 19-6-17, 19-6-18, 19-6-19, 19-6-20, 19-6-21, 19-6-22, 19-6-23, 19-6-24, 19-6-26, 19-6-27, 19-7-1, 19-7-2, 19-7-24, 19-9-2, 19-11-42, 19-11-43.
LAW REVIEWS. --For annual survey on domestic relations, see 36 Mercer L. Rev. 167 (1984). For article surveying domestic relations law in 1984-1985, see 37 Mercer L. Rev. 221 (1985). For annual survey of domestic relations law, see 39 Mercer L. Rev. 199 (1987). For annual survey of law of domestic relations, see 40 Mercer L. Rev. 211 (1988). For annual survey article on domestic relations law, see 45 Mercer L. Rev. 215 (1993). For annual survey article on domestic relations law, see 46 Mercer L. Rev. 223 (1994). For annual survey article on domestic relations, see 50 Mercer L. Rev. 217 (1998). For annual survey article discussing developments in domestic relations law, see 51 Mercer L. Rev. 263 (1999). For annual survey article discussing developments in domestic relations law, see 52 Mercer L. Rev. 213 (2000).
For annual survey article on domestic relations law, see 49 Mercer L. Rev. 135 (1997).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR. --Family court jurisdiction to hear contract claims, 46 ALR5th 735.
Pre-emptive effect of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) provisions (29 USCS §§ 1056(d)(3), 1144(a), and 1144(b)(7)) with respect to orders entered in domestic relations proceedings, 116 ALR Fed. 503.
EDITOR'S NOTES. --Ga. L. 1979, p. 466, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that no contract made or judgment, order, or decree rendered prior to April 4, 1979, should be overturned, modified, or disturbed by reason of the 1979 Act and that no such contract, judgment, order, or decree should be overturned, modified, or disturbed except to the extent absolutely required by the Constitution of this state or of the United States. The section also provides that nothing in the 1979 Act shall be construed to prohibit modification of judgments, decrees, or orders to the extent such modification is expressly authorized by statute, and that nothing in the Act shall be construed to authorize any court to entertain any claim of constitutional right which claim is barred because it was not timely raised in any previous judicial proceeding.
Section 49 of the 1979 Act provides that the Act shall govern all proceedings and actions brought after it takes effect and also all further proceedings in actions then pending.
The following sections were affected by the 1979 Act: O.C.G.A. §§ 19-3-9, 19-3-10, 19-5-7, 19-5-12, 19-5-17, 19-6-1, 19-6-2, 19-6-3, 19-6-4, 19-6-5, 19-6-6, 19-6-7, 19-6-8, 19-6-9, 19-6-10, 19-6-13, 19-6-14, 19-6-15, 19-6-16, 19-6-17, 19-6-18, 19-6-19, 19-6-20, 19-6-21, 19-6-22, 19-6-23, 19-6-24, 19-6-26, 19-6-27, 19-7-1, 19-7-2, 19-7-24, 19-9-2, 19-11-42, 19-11-43.
LAW REVIEWS. --For annual survey on domestic relations, see 36 Mercer L. Rev. 167 (1984). For article surveying domestic relations law in 1984-1985, see 37 Mercer L. Rev. 221 (1985). For annual survey of domestic relations law, see 39 Mercer L. Rev. 199 (1987). For annual survey of law of domestic relations, see 40 Mercer L. Rev. 211 (1988). For annual survey article on domestic relations law, see 45 Mercer L. Rev. 215 (1993). For annual survey article on domestic relations law, see 46 Mercer L. Rev. 223 (1994). For annual survey article on domestic relations, see 50 Mercer L. Rev. 217 (1998). For annual survey article discussing developments in domestic relations law, see 51 Mercer L. Rev. 263 (1999). For annual survey article discussing developments in domestic relations law, see 52 Mercer L. Rev. 213 (2000).
For annual survey article on domestic relations law, see 49 Mercer L. Rev. 135 (1997).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR. --Family court jurisdiction to hear contract claims, 46 ALR5th 735.
Pre-emptive effect of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) provisions (29 USCS §§ 1056(d)(3), 1144(a), and 1144(b)(7)) with respect to orders entered in domestic relations proceedings, 116 ALR Fed. 503.