Trial Procedures
How Georgia divorce trials work, including jury selection, evidence rules, expert testimony, and trial procedures.
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Illegal Recordings in a Georgia Divorce
A recording made in violation of Georgia's eavesdropping statute is inadmissible for any purpose, including impeachment.
Read MoreSecret Cameras and a Georgia Divorce
Secretly recording your spouse in a private place is a felony in Georgia, the video is inadmissible, and you can be sued for it.
Read MoreText Messages as Evidence in Georgia
Text messages come into a Georgia divorce like any other document, but you have to show the judge they are what you say they are.
Read MoreHearsay Rules in Georgia Divorce Cases
What someone told you out of court usually cannot be used to prove it was true, but in Georgia hearsay becomes evidence if nobody objects.
Read MoreIs One Witness Enough in a Georgia Divorce?
Georgia law says the testimony of a single witness is generally enough to establish a fact, and in a divorce that witness is usually you.
Read MoreJudicial Notice in a Georgia Divorce Case
Judicial notice lets a Georgia judge accept a fact as true without anyone proving it, including the records already in the judge's own file.
Read MoreMotions in Limine in Georgia Divorce Cases
A motion in limine asks a Georgia judge to rule on evidence before the jury ever hears it, but winning one does not end your job at trial.
Read MoreRelevance of Evidence in Georgia Divorce Cases
Evidence in a Georgia divorce is admissible only if it is relevant, and relevance is measured against what the judge actually has to decide.
Read MoreRules of Evidence in Georgia Divorce Cases
A Georgia divorce is tried under the same Evidence Code as any other civil case, and Georgia rewrote that Code in 2013.
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