Legal Question in Administrative Law in Georgia

A marriage license was obtain with false information in a GA probate court. How do I let the internal administration know so they can look into the matter?

I am not talking about criminal, if the issuing agency wants to refer this case to the district attorney for charges that will be on them.

My mission is to bring this information to the issuing agency and correct the record. I want to get the license revoked.

Please serious answers only there is a process used internally to revoke marriage licenses all the time. I just need to know how to start an investigation by administration and have a lawyer represent my complaint.

I do not know what area of law this applies since they were not able to contract, hence a marriage does not exist.

Again, my mission is to bring this information to the issuing agency and correct the record.


Asked on 1/12/12, 7:58 pm

3 Answers from Attorneys
Glen Ashman Ashman Law Office also dba Glen Ashman Attorney

If you feel this happened, it would be a crime. And the answer is very simple. Contact the Probate Court judge or chief clerk with your information. And since false information would also be a crime, call the police and the DA.

Unless the license is yours, you would have no standing to do anything else.

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Answered on 1/12/12, 8:04 pm
Ronald Arthur Lowry Ronald Arthur Lowry

I assume that by "not able to contract" you mean that one or both of the parties to the marriage is/are not old enough to marry without parental consent. Another possibility is that one or both does not have the mental capacity to marry. Either way, a parent or guardian would have standing to set aside the marriage. If this is in Cobb County GA, get an attorney to do this. If you just try to report it the Probate Court, police department and DA's Office won't listen to you as they have too many cases already and look for the easiest way to avoid problems. That, in this case, would be to show you the door.

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Answered on 1/12/12, 8:28 pm
Scott Riddle Law Office of Scott B. Riddle, LLC

You could try to get a more accurate response here by simply stating the fact and asking a question, rather than a long, vague post in which you want to appear as though you want to "correct the record."

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Answered on 1/13/12, 4:06 am


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