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Rule 24.6 – Uncontested divorce actions

May 11, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Georgia

Uncontested divorce actions may be heard at times agreeable to counsel and the court, subject to the following rules:

(A) By written consent of both parties to a hearing a divorce may be granted any time 31 days after service or filing acknowledgment of service.
(B) In an unanswered action, a divorce may be granted any time 46 days after service, unless the time for response has been extended by court order.
(C) A divorce action served by publication may be granted any time suitable to the judge and attorneys 61 days or more after date of the first publication.
(D) All divorce actions with orders for publication or acknowledgments of service should be filed prior to or contemporaneously with the signing of the order or acknowledgment.

Ga. R. Sup. Ct. 24.6