Reason #5: Your wife was pregnant by another man when you got married, and you didn’t know it.
Due to the nature of pregnancy, it is possible for a wife to be pregnant by another man unbeknownst to the husband. Once the child is born, if the husband discovers the child was fathered by another man, and that the wife was pregnant with the child at the time of marriage, the husband may seek a divorce pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 19-5-3. This particular section of Georgia law allows husbands to seek divorce due to the “Pregnancy of the wife by a man other than the husband, at the time of the marriage, unknown by the husband.” O.C.G.A. § 19-5-3(5).
Marriage should be based on trust, honesty and openness between the parties. Thus, if a wife exhibits dishonesty by withholding the fact that she is pregnant by another man at the time of marriage, her husband is entitled to seek recourse through divorce.