Dividing a house is usually the largest single financial decision in a divorce, and it turns on a number that both sides, and often a court, have to accept. These guides cover how that number is arrived at in Georgia.
The recurring issue is the effective date. Georgia does not fix a single statutory valuation date for marital property, so the date that applies comes from agreement between the parties or from the court, and in a market that has moved, two defensible dates can produce very different figures. Most of the avoidable problems in divorce appraisal trace back to that date not being settled in writing before the work started.
