Georgia § 15-9-16 - Authority of retired judge to perform marriage ceremonies.
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§ 15-9-16. Authority of retired judge to perform marriage ceremonies.
A retired judge of a probate court of any county of this state shall be vested with the same authority as an active judge of this state for the purpose of performing marriage ceremonies. (Code 1981, § 15-9-16 , enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 593, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 15; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 15; Ga. L. 2018, p. 356, § 1-16/SB 436.) The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, deleted the last sentence of this Code section, which read: "For purposes of this Code section, a retired judge of a probate court shall be one who has served as probate judge not less than 12 years." Law reviews. - For comment, "By the Power Vested in Me? Licensing Religious Officials to Solemnize Marriage in the Age of Same-Sex Marriage," see 63 Emory L. J. 979 (2014).
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