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2010 Georgia Code

TITLE 19 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS

CHAPTER 3 - MARRIAGE GENERALLY
ARTICLE 3 - MARRIAGE ARTICLES, CONTRACTS, AND SETTLEMENTS
§ 19-3-68 - Application for order compelling recordation; effect of application; liability of trustee refusing to record

O.C.G.A. 19-3-68 (2010)
19-3-68. Application for order compelling recordation; effect of application; liability of trustee refusing to record


(a) If the trustee or the spouse having possession of a marriage contract or settlement fails or refuses to have the same recorded, the other spouse or any person acting on behalf of the spouse may apply to the judge of the superior court at any time for an order compelling its recordation. The application of the spouse or other person, when entered on the minutes of the superior court, shall be a notice equivalent to the record of the marriage contract or trust deed.

(b) A trustee refusing after demand to record a marriage contract or settlement shall be personally liable to his beneficiary for all damages sustained by reason of his failure to record.