Domestic Relations

Domestic relations cases continue to bombard the appellate courts. Approximately 100 such decisions were reviewed for the survey, but only a handful was truly significant. Perhaps the most important of these are the cases attempting to construe Georgia's new "no-fault" ground for divorce.' The subject matter of this report has been sub-divided for ease of use into six substantive areas: marriage, divorce, custody, alimony, adoption (including change of name), and legislation.