Before a couple can get married in Georgia, they must obtain a marriage license to ensure they satisfy the legal requirements to enter into a legally binding marriage. Accordingly, before a couple can get divorced in Georgia, they must petition the Court and go through the process to obtain an order granting their request to get a divorce.
1. Georgia law provides thirteen (13) reasons to end a marriage:
2. Marriage by two people who are too closely related to be married;
3. Mental incapacity at the time of the marriage;
4. Impotency at the time of marriage;
5. Force, menace, duress, or fraud in obtaining the marriage;
6. Pregnancy of the wife by a man other than the husband, at the time of the marriage, unknown by the husband;
7. Adultery;
8. Willful and continued desertion by either of the parties for the term of one year;
9. The conviction of either party for certain offenses which resulted in imprisonment for two years or longer;
10. Habitual intoxication;
11. Cruel treatment;
12. Incurable mental illness;
13. Habitual drug addiction; and/or,
14. The marriage is irretrievably broken.
