Legal Opinion

VARGO v. ADAMS

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 2, 2017No. S17A1302

1Opinion of the Court

302 Ga. 637

FINAL COPY S17A1302. VARGO v. ADAMS. BENHAM, Justice. The parties to this appeal were previously a couple, though unmarried. Appellant Adam Vargo purchased the real property in which the parties formerly resided in his own name as sole owner, and executed a purchase money mortgage on it. Shortly thereafter, Vargo executed a warranty deed conveying the property to himself and appellee Brittany E. Adams as joint tenants with the right of survivorship. The couple broke up, and Vargo filed a petition for statutory partition, which was later amended to dismiss that claim and substitute…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Wallace v. WallaceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990
  2. Gorman v. GormanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  3. Mallard v. MallardSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  4. Vargo v. AdamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  5. Reed v. McConathySupreme Court of Georgia · 2016

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