Verdict & Decree
Final verdicts, decrees, and post-trial orders in Georgia divorce cases.
A Georgia Divorce Decree Can Transfer Property Like a Deed
A decree awarding you real estate vests title by itself, but failing to record it can still cost you the property to a later lender.
Read MoreAre Georgia Divorce Records Public?
Yes. Uniform Superior Court Rule 21 makes every court record public, and sealing a divorce file takes a hearing and specific findings.
Read MoreCan a Georgia Divorce Decree Stop You From Remarrying?
No. Georgia law forbids placing either party under a disability that would prevent remarriage, and the standard decree says so on its face.
Read MoreCan a Georgia Judge Change a Jury's Verdict in a Divorce?
A judge can shape a jury's divorce verdict into a workable decree, but cannot write a verdict different from the one the jury returned.
Read MoreCorrecting 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.
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