Legal Question in Family Law in Georgia

Morality Clauses in temporary separation agreements

I signed our temporary seperation agreement that my wife's attorney wrote and there was a sentance in it I did not notice. It stated that ''No parent can introduce any person of the opposite sex with whom they may be romatically involved with while having physical custody of the children'' Can this provision be legally ordered by a judge in the final divorce from decree? It seems that my wife can just continue to file contempt charges after the divorce making a claim about any person of the opposite sex that they are a romantic partner


Asked on 6/06/08, 11:33 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Harold Holcombe Harold D. Holcombe, P.C.

Re: Morality Clauses in temporary separation agreements

A temporary agreement is temporary; this will be replaced in its entirety by the final. Generally speaking, a morality clause may or not be required by the judge, depending on all the factors in the case. So, in the end, you may not be able to have members of the opposite sex, unrelated by blood or marriage, sleep over when the children are visiting or there might not be a morality clause inserted. Your wife needs to be reminded that this applies to both parties and she will be having the children most of the time.

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Answered on 6/06/08, 11:42 am


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