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McCOY v. McCOY

30578.

236 Ga. 633 (1976)

225 S.E.2d 682

McCOY v. McCOY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 7, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Falligant, Karsman, Kent & Toporek, Stanley Karsman, for appellant.

J. Wadley Petit, for appellee.

HILL, Justice.

In 1973 the General Assembly added as the thirteenth ground for divorce that "The marriage is irretrievably broken." Ga. L. 1973, p. 557 (Code Ann. § 30-102 (13)). These words were not defined in the statute.

The task of definition having been left to the courts, this court in Harwell v. Harwell, 233 Ga. 89, 91 (209 S.E.2d 625) (1974), said: "An `irretrievably broken...

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